Quote by Arthur Miller

In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was a house in quotation marks. On screen, the quotation marks tend to be blotted out by the camera.

In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking a

Summary

This quote by Arthur Miller highlights the fundamental difference between theater and film. In the theater, the audience is aware that they are watching a representation of reality, symbolized by the "quotation marks" around the house, costume, or set. On the other hand, when watching a film, the camera angles and editing techniques make the depiction appear more realistic, blurring the awareness that what is being shown is merely a representation. Miller suggests that theater allows viewers to maintain a conscious distance and contemplate the deeper meaning behind the artifice, while film immerses the audience in a more seamless and immediate experience.

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By Arthur Miller

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