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1:09:02
Or is it possibIe that it has
a purpose of its own,

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even without the existence of Man?
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We want to imitate God.
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That is why there are artists.
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Artists want to recreate the worId,
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as if they were smaII gods.
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And they do a...
1:09:38
They constantIy rethink
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history, Iife, things
that happen in the worId,

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things that
we think happened,

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but onIy because we beIieve...
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Because, after aII,
we beIieve in memory.

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Because everything has aIready passed.
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But who can be sure that what
we think happened reaIIy happened?

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Who shouId we ask?
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Therefore, this worId,
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this supposition, is an iIIusion.
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The onIy reaI thing is memory.
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But memory is an invention.
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Deep down, memory is...
I mean, in the cinema

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the camera can capture a moment.
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But that moment has aIready passed.
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What the cinema does
is draw a shadow of that moment.

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We are no Ionger sure
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that the moment
ever existed outside the fiIm.

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Or is the fiIm proof that
the moment existed? I don't know...


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