{"product_id":"reel-wisdom-isbn-9781578266005","title":"Reel Wisdom","description":"“All of life's riddles are answered in the movies.\" ―Steve Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReel Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e collects over 125  timeless quotes from the movies and film characters who have long  captured the hearts and minds of all who see them. Assembled and  organized into easy-to-use sections, based around themes like  love, determination, common sense and more, these quotes offer the sort  of guidance, strength and inspiration only found on the silver screen.\u003cb\u003eSean K Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is   an author, journalist, and screenwriter. A graduate of Harvard and  Stanford Universities, he has authored numerous books and articles and  written for film and television. He lives in Los Angeles with his two  sons.Previous ages had their great thinkers and moral philosophers. Socrates, Augustine, Kant: names you might remember vaguely from a college survey course but probably haven’t thought of since. In the modern era, we also have our ethicists, but their names are part and parcel of our daily lives: Hitchcock, Spielberg, and Disney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 21st Century, we get our moral precepts from the movies—starting from the moment our parents first sat us down to watch \u003ci\u003eBambi\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003c\/i\u003e. Who can forget the life lessons imparted by\u003ci\u003e The Wizard of Oz, Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e? (That’s right: \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e). Truth be told, for many of us movies are our main source of information about history, politics, race, sex, relationships, horror, crime, nature, science, and everything else under the sun. It’s safe to say that almost everything we’ve learned, we learned from movies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book you are holding in your hands, then, is a kind of pocket encyclopedia of “Movie Morals.” It’s a compendium of epigrams, sayings, observations, quips, statements, adages, aphorisms, axioms, dicta, mottos, and principles (phew!) about life, love, courage, death, sex, and all the other things we humans are fascinated by and obsessed with. Scrambled up to be thought-provoking, of course, but all there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe like to think we’ve covered all the bases. No doubt there’s one of your personal favorite quotes missing—that’s always the risk with books like this. Sorry to disappoint. But what you may find in its place is some new nugget: a quote or a film that you’ve never heard of before, or a new way of thinking (for you) about life and the world. If we can do that, we will have succeeded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo read on. Who knew a little book could be so chockful of wisdom? (We did.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Excerpt from the Introduction by Sean K. Smith","brand":"Hatherleigh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302775181541,"sku":"NP9781578266005","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781578266005.jpg?v=1767735567","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/reel-wisdom-isbn-9781578266005","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}