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I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or play arguing about something that's unresolved.

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Julie Taymor
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: December 15
Costume Designer
Director
Film Director
Film Producer
Opera Director
Scenographer
Screenwriter
Theatrical Director
Newton
Massachusetts
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