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![“. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of looking for content. This is a great disservice to the cinema. It is like judging a novel only by the quality of its prose. I was guilty of the same sin when I first…” quote by Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/871/orson-welles-1628_cinema_you-film-critics-always-overstress-the-v_573619.jpg)
