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Mike Figgis

"I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music."

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"I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music."

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"In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material."
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