A film is a terrible thing to waste. ✨ Roger Ebert's review of A …

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A film is a terrible thing to waste. ✨ Roger Ebert's review of A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, www.rogerebert.com. February 12, 2013.
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