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There's one thing which I hate about color films... people who use up a lot of their despairing producer's money by working in the laboratory to bring out the dominant hues, or to make color films where there isn't any color.

Claude Chabrol

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Claude Chabrol
Age: 80 †
Born: 1930
Born: June 24
Died: 2010
Died: September 12
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