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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When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
If my film makes one more person miserable, I've done my job
If my film makes one more person miserable, I've done my job
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.
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I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.
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I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
