Quote #190223
Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses.
Richard King
About This Quote
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Interpretation
The remark frames cinema as both “art” and “mass” medium, rejecting the idea that art must be rarefied or restricted to elite institutions. By emphasizing availability, it points to film’s industrial reproducibility and wide distribution—features that allow sophisticated aesthetic experiences to reach large, diverse audiences. Implicitly, it also suggests a democratic cultural role for movies: they can shape shared narratives, tastes, and public conversation precisely because they are accessible. The quote can be read as a defense of taking popular film seriously, arguing that broad reach does not diminish artistic value but is part of what makes the medium culturally significant.




