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Looking back, [R.E.M.]videos, by in large, have always been art films. I'm thinking of Losing My Religion. That's a landmark piece.

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Christopher Bollen
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 26
Journalist
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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