Good Movies Make You Care,

For Some Strange Reason We Don't Go To Charming, Light Movies Anymore. People Expect A Movie To Be Heavy And Turgid, Like "american Beauty." We've Become A Heavy-handed Society.

Kevin Costner Has Feathers In His Hair And Feathers In His Head. The Indians Should Have Called Him 'plays With Camera.

In San Francisco, Vulgarity, "bad Taste," Ostentation Are Regarded As A Kind Of Alien Blight, An Invasion Or Encroachment From Outside. In Los Angeles, There Is So Much Money And Power Connected With Ostentation That Is No Longer Ludicrous: It Commands A Kind Of Respect. For If The Mighty Behave Like This, Then Quiet Good Taste Means That You Can't Afford The Conspicuous Expenditures, And You Become A Little Ashamed Of Your Modesty And Propriety.

Moviegoers Like To Believe That Those They Have Made Stars Are Great Actors. People Used To Say That Gary Cooper Was A Fine Actor Probably Because When They Looked In His Face They Were Ready To Give Him Their Power Of Attorney.

If I Never Saw Another Fistfight Or Car Chase Or Doberman Attack, I Wouldn't Have Any Feeling Of Loss. And That Goes For Rottweilers, Too.