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...how good can a film be?

Unless it's intended purely entertainment, I can't imagine not wanting to see a good film more than once. Great films are like the best music and literature: you appreciate and discover more upon subsequent viewings - if not, I question if there was enough content to start with.

The films don't change, but *you* do - what you bring to it i.e. knowledge, experience etc. I've seen Renoir's "Rules of the Game" probably 15-20 times - I get much more out of it now than I did when I was 18, but believe me, even as a teenager I knew I was watching a masterpiece...I simply didn't understand cinematic language or history or life as well as I do now.

The great films don't diminish with repeat viewings. That's why they're masterpieces.


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