Nuggets and Aphorisms

Food for thought. These first appeared in Amit Varma's blog, India Uncut

Monday, September 05, 2005

Cinema

A horse pulling a cart started to walk towards us, followed by other vehicles, then passersby - in short, all the hustle and bustle of a street. We sat with our mouths open, without speaking, filled with amazement.
George Méliès, describing his reaction on his first glimpse of moving pictures, in 1895. Quoted by Chandrahas Choudhury during an excellent review of Nagesh Kukunoor's Iqbal.
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