Before each new setup, I chase everyone off the set in order to be alone and look through … - Michelangelo Antonioni

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I don't know Putin. He said nice things about me. If we got along well, that would be good. If Russia and the United States got along well and went after ISIS, that would be good.

Michelangelo Antonioni

Before each new setup, I chase everyone off the set in order to be alone and look through the camera. In that moment, the film seems quite easy. But then the others come in and everything becomes difficult.

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