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Essential Deren: Collected Writings on Film by Bruce McPherson, Maya Deren

awalkintheclark's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

djoshuva's review against another edition

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5.0

"Actually, a man who has a single, true self is not the very model of integrity; he is simply a one-dimensional creature, which is one-step worse than being a square. The limited specialization of being only one thing—"Be yourself!" usually means "Be your same old self!"—is neither honesty nor integrity; it is the refuge of those who fear that they consist only of a single surface and that the service constitutes their identity. Just as a single diamond may have various facets which we perceive in succession, so a man may, and should, have many aspects and truths; and integrity, then, consists in his responding to the requirement of each phase of his life with the aspect which most accurately relates to it. Creativity itself has several facets. It is silly to argue as to whether it is free or disciplined, committed or dispassionate, etc. It should contain all of these at different times."

slayerkinney's review

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5.0

no voy a decir "todo lo que hay que saber sobre cine" pero sí creo que con esto y el bresson uno ya se apaña
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