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It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. that instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. a close-up demands absolute truth. it's a severe and awesome truth
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Elia Kazan
It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. that instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. a close-up demands absolute truth. it's a severe and awesome truth
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