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Brief encounters beautifully bares the artists process. Gregory crewdson drives through the towns in western massachusetts that serve as settings for so many photos in beneath the roses, towns. Brief encounters 2012 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Its unusual for a fine art photographer to have a full film crew. Brief encounters reveals the artists processand its as riveting as his images. Brief encounters is a documentary film directed, produced, and shot by ben shapiro.
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