In The Arts, The Critic

He [bernardo Bertolucci] Has The Kind Of Talent That Breaks One's Heart: Where Can It Go, What Will Happen To It? In This Country We Encourage 'creativity' Among The Mediocre, But Real Bursting Creativity Appalls Us. We Put It Down As Undisciplined, As Somehow 'too Much.' Well, Before The Revolution Is Too Much And That Is What Is Great About It. Art Doesn't Come In Measured Quantities: It's Got To Be Too Much Or It's Not Enough.

It Is A Depressing Fact That Americans Tend To Confuse Morality And Art (to The Detriment Of Both) And That, Among The Educated, Morality Tends To Mean Social Consciousness.

Good Movies Make You Care, Make You Believe In Possibilities Again.

An Avidity For More Is Built Into The Love Of Movies. Something Else Is Built In: You Have To Be Open To The Idea Of Getting Drunk On Movies. (being Able To Talk About Movies With Someone -- To Share The Giddy High Excitement You Feel -- Is Enough For A Friendship.

If You're Afraid Of Movies That Excite Your Senses, You're Afraid Of Movies.