I miss silence in the movies. Not silent movies—the films so called were anything but, since they relied on live music from a piano pit or an orchestra to convey mood, momentum and sound effects. What I miss in films is silence, not only as a neutral medium, or even for its powers of contrast, but…
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C’est une des premières choses que je lui ai dites, J’ai des daddy issues.
