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206:, the creative director of the Olympics opening ceremony was simple: "Danny wanted to frighten people. He was certain that by the end , people had to be going: 'Christ, you can't possibly do that to us for the next three hours.' All the way along, he'd leave you with a sentence like that. That's the kind of direction that leaves you empowered." Smith also said of the track: "There was to be nothing half-hearted or polite about it."
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