There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the screen and then you look … - Wesley Morris

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Wesley Morris

There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the screen and then you look at the world and you ask, 'What is going on?' You want the movies to show you the chaos and mess and risk and failure that are normal for a lot of us. Generally, the movies hide all of that.

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