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I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.

Noah Baumbach

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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Talk
Always
Think
Thinking
Cinematic
Drawn
Notion

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