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Some movies are what I would call murky. Just because it's murky doesn't make it artistic. It makes it hard to see.

Vilmos Zsigmond

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Vilmos Zsigmond
Age: 85 †
Born: 1930
Born: June 16
Died: 2016
Died: January 1
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