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The function of the flashback is Freudian...You have to let them wander like the imagination or like a dream.

Sergio Leone

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Sergio Leone
Age: 60 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 3
Died: 1989
Died: April 30
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The Eternal City
Bob Robertson
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I have to be honest about one thing. When I want to America, no on asked me how I was. Everyone always asked me, How much do you make?
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In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life - in jeeps - and upset all my dreams.
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I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time.
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Because the life that I live - the life that we all live - is filtered through [one's own] experience. It isn't necessarily optimistic when you look at the political phenomena, the different things that are going on in the world.
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