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Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.

Nicolas Roeg

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Nicolas Roeg
Age: 90 †
Born: 1928
Born: August 15
Died: 2018
Died: November 23
Cinematographer
Film Director
Television Director
St. John's Wood
Nicolas Jack Roeg
Strange
Film
Today
Many
Feel
Formulaic
Feels
Prefer
Made
Familiar
Films

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