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I don't believe in the deplorable notion of realism in the cinema: you can over-reach it, and it becomes as false as convention.
Peter Greenaway
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Peter Greenaway
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 5
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The pretence that numbers are not the humble creation of man, but are the exacting language of the Universe and therefore possess the secret of all things, is comforting, terrifying and mesmeric.
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It serves the purpose of not serving a purpose, surely quite a valid one.
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Itch to read, scratch to understand.
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