"You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates."
— Werner Herzog

January 1, 1970

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Often misquoted as: "Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates"