“Movies are much more fascist than books. They tell you what to feel, when to feel it. Popular movies manipulate you. Music tells you when it's a sad part and when it's a happy part. You're obliged to watch them at the speed the filmmaker has created for you. That, I think, is one of the reasons why they're so popular - because you don't have to think very hard. The filmmaker has done all the thinking for you.”

—  Clive Barker

"Clive Barker: Love, Death, & the Whole Damned Thing", Locus (1995)

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author, film director and visual artist 1952

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