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Making a film is an art. And so if you want to make good films, you have to trust one another.
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The quote describes filmmaking as an art that depends on cooperation. Making a good film requires people to trust one another, rather than working through suspicion or trying to control every decision alone. The quality of the result is therefore connected to the confidence collaborators place in each other.
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