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Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.
Federico Fellini
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Federico Fellini
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: January 20
Died: 1993
Died: October 31
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Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.
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Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.
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