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The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies.

Pauline Kael

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Movies

Author

Pauline Kael

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Kael, Pauline. Quoted in "Pauline Kael Is Still At The Movies." Written by Jacob Siskind. The Montreal Gazette, 29 May 1968.

Photography is truth and cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

Le Petit Soldat

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Photography Movies

Speaker

Bruno Forestier

Actor

Michel Subor

Source

Le Petit Soldat

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

French

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Le petit soldat [The Little Soldier]. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Les Productions Georges de Beauregard, 1963.

People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watching television—you don't feel anything.

Andy Warhol

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

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Movies

Author

Andy Warhol

Source

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

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Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975, ch. 6.

Television. That's where movies go when they die.

Bob Hope

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TV vs. movies TV Movies Hollywood

Author

Bob Hope

Source

1953 Oscars Opening Monologue Oscars Opening Monologue

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

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Hope, Bob. "Opening Monologue." Oscar Awards Ceremony. 19 Mar. 1953, Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA.