“Agee wrote “like someone who had not just viewed the movie but been in it — out with it, as if it were a girl; drinking with it; driving in the night with it.” — 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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