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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So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?
Mr. Keating: Seize the day! Make your lives extraordinary.
Mr. Keating: Seize the day! Make your lives extraordinary.
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.
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.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
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.'
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.
Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.
