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Cinema has reached a dead end.
Peter Greenaway
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Peter Greenaway
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 5
Actor
Cinematographer
Experimental Artist
Film Director
Film Editor
Painter
Screenwriter
Television Director
Theatrical Director
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Newport
South Wales
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Dead
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Cinema is dead, long live cinema.
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It serves the purpose of not serving a purpose, surely quite a valid one.
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