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[Abbas Kiarostami] is a great artist and a poet. I sometimes think that if Samuel Beckett made films, he'd make them like Kiarostami makes them.

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Anthony Minghella
Age: 54 †
Born: 1954
Born: January 6
Died: 2008
Died: March 18
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