A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit. (Graham Greene)

A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit.

Graham Greene

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