Perhaps, sadly, in the end, cinema is only a translator's a… - Peter Greenaway

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Perhaps, sadly, in the end, cinema is only a translator's art, and you know what they say about translators: traitors all.

Peter Greenaway

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

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