How the movie makers changed literature (Boorstin)

August 15th, 2006  |  Published in Books & Reading, Literature, Quotes, Television, Writing

The novelist, then, has been encouraged to explore the boundless non-visual world, as the movie maker has taken over much of his former jurisdiction over the fantasy world of sight, sound, and action.

–Daniel Boorstin, The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America (1961), p. 129

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