"I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians."
"I always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In 'The Godfather' it was succession. In 'The Conversation' it was privacy. In 'Apocalypse' it was morality."
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Source: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse. Documentary, www.imdb.com. November 27, 1991.
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