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He felt dirty. Not because of the movie’s violence, but because of how he had watched it. He had stolen it. Not just from the filmmakers—the director, the actors, the cinematographer who painted those dark alleys—but from the experience. He had watched a film about being trapped, by pirating it from a site that traps artists in a cycle of non-payment.