for all the movies i saw between 1943, when i was born, and 1960, none of them wasn t in english. they were all hollywood or british movies, with the exception of le ballon rouge, that famous french short, which i was bored to tears by then and i m bored to tears by now. somebody they showed it in school, for some reason. so i m in london and i ve just arrived and somebody says, there s a sort of arts festival going on in st pancras and there s a film showing. shall we go? i said, yeah, let s go. this is literally in the first week or so. and there was this film in swedish about a knight playing chess. of course, i discovered bergman and i then discovered the french nouvelle vague that was going on, a bout de souffle, breathless, was playing. i discovered the russian cinema, i discovered satyajit ray,
when i was born, and 1960, none of them wasn t in english. they were all hollywood or british movies, with the exception of le ballon rouge, that famous french short, which i was bored to tears by then and i m bored to tears by now. they showed it in school, for some reason. so i m in london and i vejust arrived and somebody says, there s a sort of arts festival going on in st pancras and there s a film showing. shall we go? i said, yeah, let s go. this is literally in the first week or so. and there was this film in swedish about a knight playing chess. of course, i discovered bergman and i then discovered the french nouvelle vague that was going on, a bout de souffle, breathless, was playing. i discovered the russian cinema, i discovered satyajit ray, the bengali film maker, i discovered rossellini and bicycle thieves and japanese cinema,
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