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The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so.

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With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them.

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Remember, the early '60s in London was something - which must have been like Berlin in the '30s when the arts flourished. You didn't have the differences in class, and so on.

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What I felt at that time - we're talking about '61 - was that I couldn't remember seeing a film that reflected the age we were living in.

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I'm an incurable romantic, and Casablanca's one of the most romantic pictures I've ever seen - the combination of Bogart and Bergman is just magical.

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One thing that I think works in 'Casablanca' and which I've lectured a lot about - in terms of what I've been trying to achieve as a designer - is the film's creation of its own form of reality.

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My mother and father were interested in the arts.

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I always wanted to design for films.

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I have never been sorry to see my sets being struck, provided they are well photographed. They're not works of art but part of making a film.

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A studio allows me more freedom. You can create your own sort of reality which is actually more exciting than shooting on location. You can conjure up a complete atmosphere of escapism for the public.

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Designer

Born: February 5th, 1921

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