A typewriter needs only paper; a camera uses film, requires subsidiary equipment by the truckload and several hundreds of technicians. That is always the central fact about the filmmaker as opposed to any other artist : he can never afford his own tools.
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The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.
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| Birth: | 6th May, 1915 |
| Death: | 10th October, 1985 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
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