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Dismantling the architecture of my discontent
Paul Auster
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Paul Auster
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 3
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I know the pleasure you get from making your films. The intense involvement in every aspect: the acting, the camera, the colors, the costumes, even the hair and makeup. Editing is thrilling. Everything to do with films is absorbing - everything but the money part, the business. But I'm deeply glad I've had that experience.
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