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Film is something to experience, not to understand.
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The quote contrasts experiencing a film with trying to fully explain it. It suggests that a film’s effect comes through watching, feeling, and absorbing it, not only through analyzing its plot or meaning. Understanding may be part of watching, but it is not the whole point.
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- Festival de Cannes
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