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I can think of nothing else than this wretched art of cinema, which I hate and which, no doubt, I love at the same time.
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The speaker says cinema fills their thoughts completely, even though they call it “wretched” and say they hate it. At the same time, they admit they probably love it. The quote expresses a strong conflict: cinema is both a source of frustration and something they cannot stop caring about.
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