In a further attempt to introduce myself, here are the two cinema-related quotes that most summarize how I feel about the movies and inspire me, and the clearest statement of purpose that I have ever found about what I would like to do for a career. I have no interest in being a film-maker, so the more famous quotes about being able to create and express whatever you want (like Kubrick's famous maxim, "If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed") don't do much for me. But these two quotes, from film critics and historians, really emphasize the importance of preserving and projecting old movies for future generations.
Peter Bogdanovich:
"I think one of the reasons younger people don't like older films, films made say before the '60s, is that they've never seen them on a big screen, ever. If you don't see a film on a big screen, you haven't really seen it. You've seen a version of it, but you haven't seen it. That's my feeling, but I'm old-fashioned."
Andrew Sarris (1974):
"Perhaps if we all pool our memories without shame or snobbery, we can see to it yet that nothing of merit in the movies is ever completely forgotten or completely undiscovered."
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