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Filmmaking Quote by Ti West

“The goal with 'X' was to make you think about filmmaking, and think about horror filmmaking, and hopefully just be like, pumped.” quote by Ti West — Download Open image

“The goal with 'X' was to make you think about filmmaking, and think about horror filmmaking, and hopefully just be like, pumped.”

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