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Movies, Far More Than The Traditional Arts, Are Tied To Big Money. Without A Few Independent Critics, There's Nothing Between The Public And The Advertisers.

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.

There Seems To Be An Assumption That If You're Offended By Movie Brutality, You Are Somehow Playing Into The Hands Of The People Who Want Censorship. But This Would Deny Those Of Us Who Don't Believe In Censorship The Use Of The Only Counter-balance: The Freedom Of The Press To Say That There's Anything Conceivably Damaging In These Films - The Freedom To Analyze Their Implications. How Can People Go On Talking About The Dazzling Brilliance Of Movies And Not Notice That The Directors Are Sucking Up To The Thugs In The Audience?

I’m Frequently Asked Why I Don’t Write My Memoirs. I Think I Have.

Writers Who Go To Hollywood Still Follow The Classic Pattern: Either You Get Disgusted By 'them' And You Leave Or You Want The Money And You Become Them.