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The film begins with the title card from an Old Arabian Proverb: And the Prophet said, 'And lo, the beast read more
The film begins with the title card from an Old Arabian Proverb: And the Prophet said, 'And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty. And it stayed its hand from killing. And from that day, it was as one dead.'
Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened read more
Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what read more
It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.
In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their read more
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.
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.
I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't read more
I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie.
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.