Echo 1: Uh, it's just the green side of the, uh, big water tower.

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Sure, it's easy to make cheap jokes about, uh, 19th century beards, but Brooklyn is too big and diverse and far-flung to fit into a box.

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"So, uh, technology, I guess it's a big theme at the festival, " said Mr. Aronofsky, the 44-year-old director of, among others, "Requiem for a Dream" and "Black Swan, " during the last of four "Tribeca Talks: Directors Series" events.

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