There Is Something Spurious About The Very

Citizen Kane Is Perhaps The One American Talking Picture That Seems As Fresh Now As The Day It Opened. It May Seem Even Fresher.

An Avidity For More Is Built Into The Love Of Movies. Something Else Is Built In: You Have To Be Open To The Idea Of Getting Drunk On Movies. (being Able To Talk About Movies With Someone -- To Share The Giddy High Excitement You Feel -- Is Enough For A Friendship.

Moviemaking Is So Male-dominated Now That They Think They’re Being Pro-feminine When They Have Women Punching Each Other Out.

An Artist Must Either Give Up Art Or Develop.

The Romance Of Movies Is Not Just In Those Stories And Those People On The Screen But In The Adolescent Dream Of Meeting Others Who Feel As You Do About What You’ve Seen.