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.

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.

Unless he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you.

Unless he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you.

I am the modern, intelligent, independent-type woman. In other words, a girl who can not get a man.

I am the modern, intelligent, independent-type woman. In other words, a girl who can not get a man.

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

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.

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.

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

The secret to film is that it's an illusion.

The secret to film is that it's an illusion.