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"When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit."
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"So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point."
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