“Why is it dark in cinemas? So that the compulsive force of our involvement may be hidden.” — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“What greater contrast of chiaroscuro is there than that between burning screen and darkened audience? Take any photograph of an intent audience, and it is an image from Fuseli: of pale faces staring out of the night. What medium is… — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“The only real danger is flinching, seeming to notice your own nakedness. If you don’t flinch, you’re merely nude, which is a classically recognized… — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“Why is it dark in cinemas? So that the compulsive force of our involvement may be hidden.” — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“The longing for improvement and the fear of waste and worse - it is a pattern still with us, and maybe it speaks to… — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“I suspect that a greater and more insidious influence [than violence in movies] may lie in what they tell us about being in love,… — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“What greater contrast of chiaroscuro is there than that between burning screen and darkened audience? Take any photograph of an intent audience, and it… — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“Bette Davis lived long enough to hear the Kim Carnes song, 'Bette Davis Eyes'. The lyrics to that song were not very interesting. But… — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“Agee wrote “like someone who had not just viewed the movie but been in it — out with it, as if it were a… — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“Last night, Good Friday night, at the bottom of the escalator at King’s X tube, a weasel-faced man in uniform was sweeping up rubbish… — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“Why was Simpson called "OJ" except in some kind of branding or headlinese that said, "Look, this guy is sweet, wholseome, and nourishing (and… — David Thomson Copy Share Image
“But film sometimes flinches at the expertise of actresses, and the sympathetic viewer may come to realize that there was a mute honesty in… — David Thomson Copy Share Image
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