A great film is mysterious

28th November 2016 | for Creatives | magic/mystery of creating/art, film, Ray Bradbury, Orson Welles, never stop LEARNING  |       

A great film is mysterious

"Just seeing excellent films doesn't educate you at all, because they're mysterious.  A great film is mysterious.  There's no way of solving it.  Why does Citizen Kane work?  Well, it just does.  It's brilliant on very level, and there's no way of putting your finger on any on thing that's right.  It's just all right.  But a bad film is immediately evident, and it can teach you more: 'I'll never do that, and I'll never do that, and I'll never do that.'"

— Ray Bradbury

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