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Start timecodes for each segment:
Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 - 0:00:00
Paul Mazursky’s Alex in Wonderland - 0:56:10
Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz - 1:46:35
Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories - 2:23:57
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