The celebrated film critic Pauline Kael once wrote that movies function as escape pods, portals to parallel universes that can be radically different from emotional norms and societal conditioning of our own. What she meant was they parceled out freedom, allowing viewers to lose their selves in an effort to find greater connection to the self.
Copy QuoteI think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
Copy Quote View & ShareThe length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Copy Quote View & ShareI made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
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