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David Lynch

I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing story - which is so cool!

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David Lynch is saying that he has never been very interested in television because he doesn't see it as offering anything visually special or different from movies. However, he appreciates that TV can tell ongoing stories over time, which he finds exciting.

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