I Am Mystified. I Know Only One

The Critical Task Is Necessarily Comparative, And Younger People Do Not Truly Know What Is New

Movies, Far More Than The Traditional Arts, Are Tied To Big Money. Without A Few Independent Critics, There's Nothing Between The Public And The Advertisers.

An Avidity For More Is Built Into The Love Of Movies. Something Else Is Built In: You Have To Be Open To The Idea Of Getting Drunk On Movies. (being Able To Talk About Movies With Someone -- To Share The Giddy High Excitement You Feel -- Is Enough For A Friendship.

Movies That Are Consciously Life-affirming Are To Be Consciously Avoided.

For A While In The Twenties And Thirties, Art Was Talked About As A Substitute For Religion; Now B Movies Are A Substitute For Religion.