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The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.
Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 7
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