Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition
Daniel Cohn-Benclit.
Jonathan Rosenbaum • Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition
The American taboo against discussing class
Jonathan Rosenbaum • Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition
Like Los Angeles itself, politics and criticism sometimes need to be disguised or de-emphasized in order to register with effectiveness as entertainment.
Jonathan Rosenbaum • Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition
"I would say that I take them more seriously than someone who has to write about them twice a week can afford to"
Jonathan Rosenbaum • Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition
I think there's this weird thing at work now with the way people relate to, specifically, mainstream cinema. When they watch those movies, they like to be on the receiving end . . . and the sound is so loud, and the images are so powerful, they want to be totally passive. But then, a few months later, the salve film is on DVD, and they can watch it
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(Curiously, one reason why Wilder was himself disappointed with the way this film turned out was that he originally wanted Armbruster Sr.'s longterm affair to have been with a male hotel bellhop, until studio executives dissuaded him.)
Jonathan Rosenbaum • Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition
It's what you're slowest to approve of that teaches you the most.
Jonathan Rosenbaum • Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition
"I'm out to follow an argument, not seduce people."'