The Magus (1968)

Maurice Conchis: All men feel the need to risk death at least once in their life. War is a very unscientific answer to that need.

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Maurice Conchis: [to Nicholas] Now, I will show you something. The ultimate reality. Not the hammer and sickle, not the stars and stripes, not lysergic acid, not the sun, not gold, not yin and yang. But
[reveals smile statue]
Maurice Conchis: The Smile.

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Nicholas Urfe: You know what's wrong with marriage, Meli? It kills the fun in life.
[bites affair liaison apple]
Nicholas Urfe: It's the timid little people who can't gamble; who always want to know where they are. It's for mice, Meli, not for men.

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Average Shot Length = ~5.9 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~5.8 seconds.
John Fowles:  the writer appears as a boat captain.
The train seen at night time below the hotel window supposedly in Athens is actually the Palma to Soller train in Majorca/Mallorca.
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