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Even Hitchcock liked to think of himself as a puppeteer who was manipulating the strings of his audience and making them jump. He liked to think he had that kind of control.

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David Cronenberg
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 15
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City of Toronto
David Paul Cronenberg
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