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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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Clément Eugène Jean Pierre Cocteau
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Eugène Jean Maurice Cocteau
Eugene Jean Maurice Cocteau
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