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Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and read more
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people read more
I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and read more
It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter-century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
