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 good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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.
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.
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
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.
Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it read more
Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough.
I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been read more
I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.
I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
