“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.” IfsLongAbleLastsFilmWiseTheoryExplanationEditorsAcademicLong AgoRefugeBullshitScoundrelsJargon Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010 Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010
“This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition.” CharacterFilmSoundCommonWiseAdviceTradition Author:Omar Sharif