Because of the influence of the cinema, most reports or stories of violence are so pictorial that they lack content or meaning. The camera brings them to our eyes, but does not settle them in our minds, nor in time.


"Jorge Luis Borges: Medallions", p. 178 - The Myth Makers: European and Latin American Writers (1979)

V. S. Pritchett Quotes

Because of the influence of the cinema, most reports or stories of violence are so pictorial that they lack content or meaning. The camera brings...

Because of the influence of the cinema, most reports or stories of violence are so pictorial that they lack content or meaning. The camera brings...

Because of the influence of the cinema, most reports or stories of violence are so pictorial that they lack content or meaning. The camera brings...

Because of the influence of the cinema, most reports or stories of violence are so pictorial that they lack content or meaning. The camera brings...