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title: "1 Sunday evening Quotes By Kevin Brownlow"
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> [I was sent to boarding school - a grim place. The only good thing the headmaster did for us was every Sunday evening in the winter he would show us films in the chapel. He couldn't afford a sound projector,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/i-was-sent-to-boarding-school-a-grim-place-the-only-good-thing-the/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

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## More by Kevin Brownlow

> [Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/somebody-said-that-part-of-my-reaction-to-british-cinema-is-actually/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [Silent pictures show us how we lived and what our attitudes were. And as an art form, they can be wonderfully entertaining and often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/silent-pictures-show-us-how-we-lived-and-what-our-attitudes-were-and/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [My first restoration was on 'Napoleon,' trying to put the French version in with the English version, and it was most unsatisfactory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/my-first-restoration-was-on-napoleon-trying-to-put-the-french-version/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [I was sent to boarding school - a grim place. The only good thing the headmaster did for us was every Sunday evening in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/i-was-sent-to-boarding-school-a-grim-place-the-only-good-thing-the/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [To me, film is a religion. I don't expect to get paid to make it, but I do expect total dedication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/to-me-film-is-a-religion-i-don-t-expect-to-get-paid-to-make-it-but-i/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [Some directors were brilliant in the silent era but never felt at home in sound. It's like a sculptor being forced to take up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/some-directors-were-brilliant-in-the-silent-era-but-never-felt-at/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [The reason I put so much energy into it at the beginning was that while there were plenty of people looking after the talkies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/the-reason-i-put-so-much-energy-into-it-at-the-beginning-was-that/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> ['Napoleon' is pure cinema, and cinema was designed for sharing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/napoleon-is-pure-cinema-and-cinema-was-designed-for-sharing/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [I realised that you could easily turn any room into a cinema with a projector, so I went on and on at my parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/i-realised-that-you-could-easily-turn-any-room-into-a-cinema-with-a/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [I decided to restore 'Napoleon' after a widescreen festival at the Odeon Leicester Square in 1968. It was run by Richard Arnell and George…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/i-decided-to-restore-napoleon-after-a-widescreen-festival-at-the/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [Friends told me not to bother with the silents - they're jerky, poorly photographed and ludicrously badly acted. But I was immediately struck by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/friends-told-me-not-to-bother-with-the-silents-they-re-jerky-poorly/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [The silent film was not only a vigorous popular art; it was a universal language - Esperanto for the eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/the-silent-film-was-not-only-a-vigorous-popular-art-it-was-a/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [It was 1953, and I was still at school. I'd borrowed a silent French film from the library for my 9.5mm projector. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/it-was-1953-and-i-was-still-at-school-i-d-borrowed-a-silent-french/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

> [I thought Michael Mortilla was an orchestra unto himself!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brownlow/i-thought-michael-mortilla-was-an-orchestra-unto-himself/)

[Kevin Brownlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brownlow/)

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