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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Neil: The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard.
Neil: The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard.
It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror films.
It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror films.
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.
Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?
Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, read more
Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches.
If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches.
Mr. Keating: Seize the day! Make your lives extraordinary.
Mr. Keating: Seize the day! Make your lives extraordinary.
