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It's kind of a crazy art form, movies, in that you have to get it right the day you do it, generally.

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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Generally
Movies
Crazy
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