“It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all. We should long ago have become angels had we been capable of paying attention to the experience of art, and allowing ourselves to be changed in accordance with the ideals it expresses. Art only has […]
Author: Sam Perduta
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10 Essential Orson Welles Films You Need To Watch
Orson Welles was a polarizing figure in his lifetime, and was groundbreaking in three forms of media: the radio (his infamous War of the Worlds broadcast), theater (he was involved in the New Deal funded Federal Theatre project, and founded the Mercury Theatre) and film. Though some think his film career was largely an unfulfilled […]
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10 Essential Fritz Lang Films You Need To Watch
Fritz Lang’s career is largely defined by the two places he chose to make films- first in Germany (he was born in Austria), where he was a pioneer of Expressionist films and dubbed “the master of darkness” by the British Film Institute, and produced such masterpieces of the form as M and Metropolis, and Hollywood, […]