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Not everyone who wants to make a film is crazy, but almost everyone who is crazy wants to make a film.

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Clive James
Age: 80 †
Born: 1939
Born: October 7
Died: 2019
Died: November 24
Author
Broadcaster
Literary Critic
Poet
Television Presenter
Writer
Kogarah
New South Wales
Australia
Clive Vivian Leopold James
Clive Vivian James
Almost
Everyone
Film
Make
Wants
Crazy

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