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Longtime friends, Nolan and Denis Villeneuve spoke to the AP last week, outside of a sold out showing of the re-release, about 香蕉视频直播淭enet,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播淒une: Part Two,香蕉视频直播� and the sense that, a decade after Kodak almost stopped making film altogether, movie audiences are embracing and rallying around film too.

Below are excerpts from the conversation, which has been edited for clarity and brevity.

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NOLAN: I wasn香蕉视频直播檛 going to say that!

VILLENEUVE: But still, I left film a long time ago. Or, I didn香蕉视频直播檛 leave film, film left me and my heart was broken.

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VILLENEUVE: I香蕉视频直播檓 flirting with the idea, Chris Nolan.

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VILLENEUVE: I think that香蕉视频直播檚 the way movies will survive. Large formats, like IMAX more precisely, is definitely the future of cinema because you cannot reproduce that at home. Not even in your home.

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