Something worth much more than a moment’s cogitation.

‘October 19th, 1975: The most powerful influence on the arts in the West is – the cinema. Novels, plays and films are filled with references to, quotations from, parodies of – old movies. They dominate the cultural subconcious becasue we absorb them in our formative years (as we don’t absorb books for instance); and we see them again on TV when we grow up.

The first two generations predominantly nourished on movies are now of an age where they rule the media; and it’s already frightening to see how deeply – in their behaviour as well as their work – the cinema has imprinted itself on them. Nobody took into account the tremendous impact that would be made by the fact that films are permanent and easily accessible from childhood onward.

As the sheer number of films piles up, their influence will increase, until we have a civilization entirely molded by cinematic values and behaviour patterns.’

Kenneth Tynan, Writer / Drama Critic.

Taken from ‘The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan‘ (2001)

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