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The speaker is expressing admiration for films that use special effects and filmmaking tricks to build a convincing, expansive world. The quote suggests respect for older movies that achieve that sense of scale through craft rather than realism.
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Originally said in English.
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About Gaspar Noe
Argentine filmmaker and screenwriter
Gaspar Noé, known professionally as Gaspar Noé, is an Argentine filmmaker and screenwriter who lives and works mainly in France. He is associated with New French Extremity and with films marked by graphic depictions of sex, drugs, epilepsy, and violence. His work is often discussed for its confrontational style and for the way it pushes extreme subject matter to the front of the frame. As a screenwriter and director, he has built a reputation around films that challenge viewers and make bodily experience, desire, and disturbance central themes.
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