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Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed.

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Wim Wenders
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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Ernst Wilhelm Wenders
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