What This Generation Was Bred To At

If I Never Saw Another Fistfight Or Car Chase Or Doberman Attack, I Wouldn't Have Any Feeling Of Loss. And That Goes For Rottweilers, Too.

It Is A Depressing Fact That Americans Tend To Confuse Morality And Art (to The Detriment Of Both) And That, Among The Educated, Morality Tends To Mean Social Consciousness.

Watching Old Movies Is Like Spending An Evening With Those People Next Door. They Bore Us, And We Wouldn't Go Out Of Our Way To See Them; We Drop In On Them Because They're So Close. If It Took Some Effort To See Old Movies, We Might Try To Find Out Which Were The Good Ones, And If People Saw Only The Good Ones Maybe They Would Still Respect Old Movies. As It Is, People Sit And Watch Movies That Audiences Walked Out On Thirty Years Ago. Like Lot's Wife, We Are Tempted To Take Another Look, Attracted Not By Evil But By Something That Seems Much More Shameful -- Our Own Innocence.

When A Picture Can't Make It On Its Own, The Producers Pull In A 'controversial' Message - The Way A Couple Whose Marriage Is Falling Apart Decide To Have A Baby.

Before Seeing Truffaut 's Small Change, I Was Afraid It Was Going To Be One Of Those Simple, Natural Films About Childhood Which I Generally Try To Avoid I'm Just Not Good Enough To Go To Them. But This Series Of Sketches On The General Theme Of The Resilience Of Children Turns Out To Be That Rarity A Poetic Comedy That's Really Funny.