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Quote by Mikhail Kalatozov
I believe in poetic cinema.
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The speaker believes cinema can be poetic: it can express ideas and feelings through images, rhythm, atmosphere, and suggestion, not only through straightforward storytelling. “Poetic cinema” treats film as a form of artistic expression that can be felt as well as understood.
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“Writing is a renaming of the world.”
“Movies used to show me a world that I would never be able to see.”
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“In any civilised society, the cultural landscape is our emotional scaffolding.”
“Cuando la película tiene un mensaje, cuando tiene corazón o te hace sentir algo, te la llevas contigo y la amas mucho más que si solo fuera risas.”
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Jun wanted applause for the sounds he had gathered. Instead, a missing recording teaches him how to make room for everyone else’s rhythm.
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