it could quite reasonably be argued that we inhabit -

- A world cursed by the fascism of perfection.

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on a flying visit home from the peruvian rainforest

In New York I went to the entryway, only two blocks from my apartment. where John Lennon was shot. In Central Park a crowd had gathered spontaneously for a silent vigil that kept growing and growing. The degree to which people were feeling genuine shock and dismay made an impression on me, even if the demonstration was plagued by all the inanities that also form part of his era: joints were passed around, posters of gurus were held up in the crowd, and vague demands for peace were voiced - for what peace, where? A young woman wearing a paleo-hippie outfit held up a banner reading, "All he said is give peace a chance."

Werner Herzog, December 1980, from Conquest of the Useless

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images which will will never grow older (only fade away)

What tends to be forgotten in the act of creating cinema is that above and beyond all its other functions it is primarily an act of immortalization. 

(For a while at least; firstly as long as our generational minds can conceive immortality; secondly for as long as human minds shall conceive immortality. Lastly for as long as the true immortals shall conceive immortality. Thereafter immortality itself enters something of a conceptual void.)

the invisible hand

If no-one sees any artistry, how do you know it's there?

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a 'runter'

Is a technical term applied to someone on a film set who occupies the twin job descriptions of 'writer' and 'runner'.

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the artabatirae

"towards the west [of the Aithiopian kingdom of Meroe] are . . . the Artabatirae, who have four legs and rove about like wild animals" Pliny the Elder, Natural History

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It should never be forgotten that the power of the image is far greater than the word.

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The creation of moving, reproducible images might have changed the world more than any other invention.

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The image is seductive. It beseeches covetousness. The eyes swallow images like candy.

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Nothing is more likely to make an individual want to change their life than the sight of an image.

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Even though, no matter how authentic the image appears, it is never anything more than a rumour.

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