How does one make a movie about decadence these days? Now t… - Wilfrid Sheed

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How does one make a movie about decadence these days? Now that we're allowed to do it, it's too late.

Wilfrid Sheed

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Wilfrid John Joseph Sheed (born December 27 1930 – 19 January 2011) was an English-born American novelist and essayist.

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