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Film has become a marketed commodity, and the opportunities and audiences for art cinema have grown smaller. There is a general downturn in cultural…

— Roger Ebert

I think in Europe, movies are made like a commodity and then sold as art.

— Christoph Waltz

The 'low' quality of many American films, and of much American popular culture, induces many art lovers to support cultural protectionism. Few people wish…

— Tyler Cowen

More people are exposed to movies than to most other forms of art.

— Richard King

Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different…

— David Mamet

American films, it's a money-making industry. And in France, you can find great respect for cinema as art.

— Woody Allen

I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film, and the…

— Paddy Considine

So much of our culture is bought and manufactured - not to say great art can't come out of that. Some art is really…

— Scott McClanahan

Much to my chagrin, I think that cinema has gone the wrong way in America because in many ways, I pioneered the use of…

— Rob Nilsson

Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes…

— Charlton Heston

It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.

— Richard Linklater

I'm very aware of how much movies, literature and art affect culture. They are a reflection of the world around us and they are…

— David Oyelowo