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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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
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It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what read more
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