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Cinema Quote by John Hyams

“I can talk about film theory forever and it may sound pretentious or something, but really it's just that I'm fascinated by it.” quote by John Hyams — Download Open image

“I can talk about film theory forever and it may sound pretentious or something, but really it's just that I'm fascinated by it.”

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