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Sydney Pollack

"You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie."

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"You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie."

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"I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way."
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"Film is a collective experience, as you know."
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