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Going to the cinema is like returning to the womb you sit there, still and meditative in the darkness, waiting for life to appear on the screen.
Federico Fellini
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Federico Fellini
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: January 20
Died: 1993
Died: October 31
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