I want to die, stripped, by myself, of all fantasies. That's the goal. I want to feel what is real, at the end, and only what is real. Grip fiercely with my eyes all that is around me--the people of… — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
“Kyle says (with glee), “Addicted to breathing? I can fix that. Get on the rower and give me two thousand meters, all out, and… — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
“Tom said people should repaint their houses in and out, especially in, at least once a year—because who wants to live with the memories… — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
“Cinema is a mixed form. L'Avventura has characters, it has social context, and these things are not trivial. Its plot is the disappearance of… — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
The camera has a mind of its own--its own point of view. Then the human bearer of time stumbles into the camera's gaze--the camera's… — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
Our personal past is only available to us now through black-and-white film, it's a medium for communication with the dead, including our dead selves,… — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
Take the road to contradiction, it'll lead you, I promise, to the palace of wisdom. — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
“...that out of the quarrel with others we produce rhetoric, matter for the editorial page, while out of the quarrel with ourselves we create… — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
“Here's the most startling irony I know in film history: Antonioni, who is often denigrated by left-wing critics as a formalist and aesthete gives… — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
