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I like the days when all the filmmakers had was a film roll, a camera and a gangster. The Mack Sennett comedies were all like that. They'd create little teams to go out and shoot films.
Michel Gondry
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Michel Gondry
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 8
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