The Ambitious Cinephile

Don't waste the gift of obsession

Ignore the bullshit. Discard your phone. Do the reading. Watch widely. Go to the cinema. Obsess. Learn the history. Learn the craft. Learn the theory. Study technology. Be bored. Challenge your taste. Watch silent movies. Watch old movies. Watch foreign movies. Watch B-movies. Write. Write. Write.

Stop moaning. Don’t be a cynic. Don’t indulge the cynics…