I Think I'm Gonna Attach

I Think I'm Gonna Attach Myself To The Sinking Ship That Is Book Publishing.

Certainly It's Great To Be Able To Talk To Your Friends About Something. They Might Mention A Film, And You Can Find All About It, And You Don't Have To Wait Months Until You Can Find A Book That Might Cover The Subject And Keep It In Your Head. You Can Have That Kind Of Immediacy. But There's Also Something About It, Where All The Knowledge Seems Kind Of Fleeting. All The Stuff I Learn About In That Way, I Can Be Interested In For A Day And Then It's Gone.

I Believe In The Transformative Power Of Cinema. It Is Only Through This Shared Dream-experience That We Can Transcend The Oppressive Minutiae Of Daily Existence And Find Some Spiritual Connection In The Deeper Reality Of Our Mutual Desire.

I Have Cultivated A Little Crew Of People Whose Opinions I Understand. It's Like The Way You'd Follow Certain Film Critics Because You Know What Their Criteria Are, And You May Not Agree With Them, But You Can Glean From Their Opinion How You Will Feel About A Film.

Before I Could Read, I Remember Trying To Piece Together The Stories From The Images. It Was A Very Primal Experience.