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“Claude Debussy was a rare phenomenon a composer profoundly and subversively revolutionary.”

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Claude Debussy, a French composer, is one of the most prominent figures in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known as a leading figure in the Impressionist movement. His works are characterized by their unique harmonies and melodic style, which have had a profound impact on music history. more

“When asked by a grumpily puzzled professor what "rules" he followed, Debussy is said to have retorted, mon plaisir "whatever I please" and he further claimed that more was to be gained by watching the sun rise than by listening to the Pastoral Symphony. Although such remarks were intended to shock, they contain a core of Debussyan verity.”

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Author:Claude Debussy

“I was instructed long ago by a wise editor, "If you understand something you can explain it so that almost anyone can understand it. If you don't, you won't be able to understand your own explanation." That is why 90% of academic film theory is bullshit. Jargon is the last refuge of the scoundrel.”

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Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010

Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010

“Pixar is the first studio that is a movie star.”

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Author:Roger Ebert

“I had a hard time watching "Wolf Creek." It is a film with one clear purpose: To establish the commercial credentials of its director by showing his skill at depicting the brutal tracking, torture and mutilation of screaming young women. When the killer severs the spine of one of his victims and calls her "a head on a stick," I wanted to walk out of the theater and keep on walking.”