In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their workaday lives but to gain an education, to see the world, to learn table manners and interior decoration, how to dress, kiss, to laugh and cry, how to react to tragedy and happiness, how to be brave, evil and good.
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I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the dialogue is lame, but in read more
Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the dialogue is lame, but in the 'he said she said' sometimes there's some poetry, if you turn your back long enough and let it happen naturally.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take read more
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives read more
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened.
That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened.
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
