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John Cusack

My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the '50s and '60s and

John Cusack

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John Cusack is describing how his father’s early access to a videotape player allowed him to watch important and classic films before they were widely available. He also mentions that during summers, a local theater in Evanston would screen notable movies from the 1950s and 1960s, giving him more opportunities to see influential films.

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