There are basically only two subject matters in all Western… - Peter Greenaway

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There are basically only two subject matters in all Western culture: sex and death. We do have some ability to manipulate sex nowadays. We have no ability, and never will have, to manipulate death.

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Peter Greenaway CBE (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh film director.

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