"No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them."

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"No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them."

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"With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption."

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