Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.
Interpretation
Cinema should create an immersive experience that transports viewers beyond their physical surroundings.
This quote by Roman Polanski emphasizes the powerful ability of cinema to captivate audiences and draw them into its narrative world. Rather than being conscious of the environment, viewers should lose themselves in the story being told, allowing the film to evoke emotion and provoke thought without the distraction of their physical reality.
In practice
During a film discussion, you could use this quote to illustrate the power of storytelling in cinema.
A cluster of stars palely glowed above us, between the silhouettes of long thin leaves; that vibrant sky seemed as naked as she was under her light frock. I saw her face in the sky, strangely distinct, as if it emitted a faint radiance of its own.
When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.
A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view.
The poet, like the lover, is a menace on the assembly line.
I love playing with makeup. Makeup has become a thing where it's an art form. It's not a thing where you use it because you need to feel beautiful or because you don't like the way you look.
Before 'Lord of the Rings,' some people would have just classed Peter Jackson as a horror director. But there is a mind there.
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