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When we experience a film, we consciously prime ourselves for illusion. Putting aside will and intellect, we make way for it in our imagination. The sequence of pictures plays directly on our feelings.
Ingmar Bergman
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Ingmar Bergman
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 14
Died: 2007
Died: July 30
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