Russian movies cut in a distorted way (9)

I believe the answer is:

muscovite

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'russian' is the definition.
(I know that Muscovite is a type of russian)

'movies cut in a distorted way' is the wordplay.
'movies cut' can be anagrammed to 'MUSCOVITE'.
However, I'm not sure how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for muscovite that I've seen before include "Russian" , "A native of Moscow" , "A citizen of Moscow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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