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When you look at Quentin Tarantino or Martin Scorsese, they are obsessed by viewing films. They see one film after the other. And it's the joy of their lives and their points of reference. In my case, it's kind of different. I see maybe three or four films a year. Probably less than the average moviegoer.

I love movies, but it's odd that some of the great highlights of film history I've never seen. I've never seen Gone With the Wind, I've never seen Metropolis.

Werner Herzog

from an article in The Wall Street Journal (read full)