Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979
Nostalgia is a seductive liar - George Wildman Ball
Bee Duffell in Fahrenheit 451 (1966, dir. Francois Truffaut) “There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.” -Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Bee Duffell in Fahrenheit 451 (1966, dir. Francois Truffaut)

“There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”

-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Lon Chaney & Mary Philbin in The Phantom of the Opera (1925, dir. Rupert Julian) (online here) “The history of Lon Chaney is the history of unrequited loves. He brings that part of you out into the open, because you fear that you are not loved, you fear that you never will be loved, you fear there is some part of you that’s grotesque, that the world will turn away from.” -Ray Bradbury, interviewed in the documentary, Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney & Mary Philbin in The Phantom of the Opera (1925, dir. Rupert Julian) (online here)

“The history of Lon Chaney is the history of unrequited loves. He brings that part of you out into the open, because you fear that you are not loved, you fear that you never will be loved, you fear there is some part of you that’s grotesque, that the world will turn away from.”

-Ray Bradbury, interviewed in the documentary, Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Bee Duffell (L) and Francois Truffaut on the set of Fahrenheit 451 (1966) “Like me, Antoine [in The 400 Blows] is against violence because it signifies confrontation. For me, what replaces violence is running away, not from what is essential but in order to obtain what is essential. That is what I showed in Fahrenheit 451. This is the most important aspect of the film, the apology for cunning. ‘Oh, really, so books are banned? Fine, we’ll learn them by heart!’ This is the ultimate cunning.” (via)

Bee Duffell (L) and Francois Truffaut on the set of Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

“Like me, Antoine [in The 400 Blows] is against violence because it signifies confrontation. For me, what replaces violence is running away, not from what is essential but in order to obtain what is essential. That is what I showed in Fahrenheit 451. This is the most important aspect of the film, the apology for cunning. ‘Oh, really, so books are banned? Fine, we’ll learn them by heart!’ This is the ultimate cunning.”

(via)