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" Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are watching a movie. And hopefully, if we did get our jobs right, that sense disappears when you watch this movie. "

Joshua Leonard

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Cinema

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Almost

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Joshua Leonard

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