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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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.
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
Everything makes me nervous - except making films.
Everything makes me nervous - except making films.
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.
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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 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.
I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.
I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.
My reaction to porno films is as follows; After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw, read more
My reaction to porno films is as follows; After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw, After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
