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Julie Taymor

"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."

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"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."

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"We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with John Gardner's contemporary retelling. If you bring it into today, we really feel that it has something very fresh to say now."
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"We have often been attracted to the story of the other, the outcast. And he and I just loved working together, so it just kept happening, and our relationship is completely bound up with our work. We enjoy each other's art."
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