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Film theory has nothing to do with film.


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I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.



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I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.



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I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.



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