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A quotation from Alfred Hitchcock
Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out.
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) English film director
In François Truffaut, Hitchcock: A Definitive Study [Le Cinéma Selon Hitchcock], ch. 4 (1966) [tr. Truffaut (1967)]Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hitchcock-alfred/189…
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#Older #gays tell #younguns what #dating & #hookingup was like before the #OnlineDating #apps took over.
Here are some of those #recollections, #abridged for #brevity and #edited for #readability.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SexualOrientation #Sexuality #Intimacy #Representation #Culture
https://www.queerty.com/older-gays-tell-younguns-what-dating-hooking-up-was-like-before-the-apps-took-over-20231022