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“First of all, directing is an idea that you have of a total flow of images that are going on, which are incidentally actors, words, and objects in space. It's an idea you have of yourself, like the idea you have of your own personality which finds its best representation in the world in terms of specific flows of imaginary images. That's what directing is.”

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Abraham Polonsky
Abraham Polonsky

Abraham Polonsky, born on December 5, 1910, in New York, was an outstanding film director. His works are renowned for their profound social criticism and exquisite artistic expression, which have had a profound impact on 20th-century American cinema. more

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