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Story is important but the most important is the theme and how you're going to convey theme cinematically. I'm a believer also.
Alfonso Cuaron
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Style is just an impression. Style itself is hollow. Style, its ok style as long as it is part of a language. Style for style itself is just something very hollow.
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When I learned to switch jealousy for admiration, it unblocked a lot of things.
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