'Fahrenheit 9/11' is astounding. Not so much as a film - although it is cunning and moving - but as an event.
John BergerI wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both the marvellous and the terrible.
John BergerThe publicity image steals her love of herself as she is, and offers it back to her for the price of the product.
John BergerModern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all.
John BergerEverything in life, is a question of drawing a life, John, and you have to decide for yourself where to draw it. You cant draw it for others. You can try, of course, but it doesn't work. People obeying rules laid down my somebody else is not the same thing as respecting life. And if you want to respect life, you have to draw a line.
John Berger