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Now You See It: The Art of Overanalyzing Movies
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This is packed with great quotes from filmmakers that I hadn’t heard before.

David Lynch:

I never talk about themes. It’s a very big shame when something is finished and then people want you to translate it back into words. It never will work. It never will go back into words and be what the film is. It’s like describing a piece of music; you don’t hear the music, you just see the words. It’s better to let people conjure up their own ideas, having seen and experienced the film.

Kubrick on explaining the ending of 2001:

I tried to avoid doing this ever since the picture came out because when you just say the ideas they sound foolish, whereas if they’re dramatized one feels it.