As a child, my father used to impart to me small words of wisdom that I assume he had either seen in a movie or had told to him. One particular saying that has managed to stay deeply lodged in my brain is, “it is better to stay silent…
When I was growing up, I thought film was important to everyone. Despite a set of parents that refused to allow me to see an R-rated movie until I could buy my own ticket (with some very specific exceptions), films were something that I watched with heavy regularity. I assumed that every child had seen Back to the Future before the …