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A movie tends to box you in, at least as far as the aesthetics. You have an incredibly kinetic experience, which is the joy of cinema.

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
Author
Novelist
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Tends
Incredibly
Boxes
Cinema
Joy
Least
Kinetic
Movie
Experience
Aesthetics

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