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“I was so besotted with '8½' that, when it was on TV, I used to take pictures with my 35-mm. camera of the frames of the film. That was the first time I'd ever really seen Italians on screen.”

Quote by David Chase

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David Chase, born on August 22, 1945, is an American screenwriter and producer renowned for his exceptional contributions to the television industry. He is best known for creating and directing the television series Breaking Bad, which received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including six Emmy Awards. Chase has had a career spanning over four decades in the entertainment industry, and his works are celebrated for their profound character development and intricate plot structures. more

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“You see Michelangelo and Picasso and you read literature. I had some innate inchoate yearning for that, but I never really saw where I would fit in. That's called art. And then something happened to pop music, which is that it became art under the hand of the Beatles, the Stones, and Bob Dylan and some other people.”

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Book:Memory

Source: Memory

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Book:Memory

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Book:Memory

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Book:Memory

Source: Memory