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“I feel the need to chastise myself. A movie that's a partial musical, full-on melodrama, should require a tremendous amount of planning.” quote by Guy Maddin — Download Open image

“I feel the need to chastise myself. A movie that's a partial musical, full-on melodrama, should require a tremendous amount of planning.”

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