Henri Langlois Professions : ArchivistBorn : November 13, 1914Died : January 13, 1977 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Henri Langlois An art form requires genius. People of genius are always troublemakers, meaning they start from scratch, demolish accepted norms and rebuild a new world. The problem with cinema today is the dearth of troublemakers. There’s not a rabble-rouser in sight. There was still one, but he went beyond troublemaker to court jester. He clobbered the status quo. That’s Godard. We’re fresh out of ‘bad students.’ You’ll find students masquerading as bad ones, but you won’t find the real article, because a genuine bad student upends everything. Henri Langlois realsightart There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks! Henri Langlois garbobrooks There are cinéphiles and cinéphages. Truffaut is a cinéphile. A cinéphage - a film nerd - sits in the front row and writes down the credits. But if you ask him whether it's good, he'll say something sharp. But that's not the point of movies: to love cinema is to love life, to really look at this window on the universe. It's incompatible with note-taking! Henri Langlois love-lifenerdwriting An art form requires genius. People of genius are always troublemakers, meaning they start from scratch, demolish accepted norms, and rebuild a new world. Henri Langlois scratchespeopleart
