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When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it.
Noah Baumbach
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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
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