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The start of a film is like a gateway, a formal entrance-point. The first three minutes of a film make great demands on an audience's patience and credulity. A great deal has to be learnt very rapidly about place and attitude, character and intent and ambition.

Peter Greenaway

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Peter Greenaway
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 5
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