Marco Beltrami Quotes
I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy that part.
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I like to look strong and commanding.
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Many of Bonnard's later paintings are shot through with a powerful sense of morbidity. The self-portraits he painted after catching sight of himself in the various mirrors in the house - the mirror in the bathroom or the mirror in his bedroom, still lit from above by a single accusatory light bulb - are almost appallingly raw.
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I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy that part.
