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TALKING PICTURES: E TEASE

By | March 2002

Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to the movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This week an Unknown Curator responds to the revisionist tinkerings of Steven Spielberg. “I’m pissed off,” he admits…

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TALKING PICTURES: E TEASE

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