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A Filmmaker Has Almost The Same Freedom As A Novelist Has When He Buys Himself Some Paper.

I Think The Big Mistake In Schools Is Trying To Teach Children Anything, And By Using Fear As The Basic Motivation. Fear Of Getting Failing Grades, Fear Of Not Staying With Your Class, Etc. Interest Can Produce Learning On A Scale Compared To Fear As A Nuclear Explosion To A Firecracker.

The Most Terrifying Fact About The Universe Not That It Is Hostile But That It Is Indifferent

In His Essay On The Uncanny, Das Unheimliche, Freud Said That The Uncanny Is The Only Feeling Which Is More Powerfully Experienced In Art Than In Life. If The Horror Genre Required Any Justification, I Should Think This Alone Would Serve As Its Credentials.

You're Free To Speculate As You Wish About The Philosophical And Allegorical Meaning Of The Film—and Such Speculation Is One Indication That It Has Succeeded In Gripping The Audience At A Deep Level—but I Don't Want To Spell Out A Verbal Road Map For 2001 That Every Viewer Will Feel Obligated To Pursue Or Else Fear He's Missed The Point.