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( "He was an American; he wanted to be supreme but ordinary, a tycoon and a regular guy, an author and a reader."

- Suspects, by David Thomson )

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04/28/2012 02:15:23

"His love of office materials, which bordered on obsession, amused his co-workers. If he saw a file folder, he had to have it. In his flat, he kept what Bartning described as a large board supported by two sawhorses on which he piled supplies precisely arranged at right angles. On it also lay “dozens of pencils very strictly ordered parallel to each other.” If someone dared to sharped a pencil with a knife, he would yank it away and hone it with his “main pride,” a pencil sharpener. “One could read out of this,” said Bartning, “all sorts of things."

--on Peter Lorre’s love for office materials during the filming of Der Verlorene. (via fyeahpeterlorre)

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