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When i was first exposed to the films of ingmar bergman, i found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. they were beautiful. i thought people would respond to my plays the way i responded to bergman's films.
-Wallace Shawn
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When I Was First Exposed To The

Wallace Shawn
When i was first exposed to the films of ingmar bergman, i found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. they were beautiful. i thought people would respond to my plays the way i responded to bergman's films.
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