Quote from Walter Benjamin Essay

Walter Benjamin quotes Georges Duhamel's spirited rejection of the format of the film:

"a pastime for helots, a diversion for uneducated, wretched, worn-out creatures who are consumed by their worries...a spectacle which requires no concentration and pre-supposes no intelligence...which kindles no light in the heart and awakens no hope other than the ridiculous one of someday becoming a 'star' in Los Angeles."

Precisely my thoughts all this time. Wonderful expression.