Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poet… - Julie Taymor

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Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry. … A lot of what I do in theater is cinematic, and a lot of what I do in film is theatrical, but there are different rules to it. … each art form makes me more interested in the other art form because I try and bring in those techniques and those ideas and put them into a different way of using them.

Julie Taymor

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Julie Taymor (born 15 December 1952) is an American director of theater, opera and film. She is widely known for directing the stage musical The Lion King, for which she became the first woman to win the Tony Award for directing a musical. She is currently working on the upcoming Broadway-musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

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