film v movie

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I always thought the difference was a movie is a fun, entertainment and a
film is a serious high-minded sort of affair.  I like both.

What's really interesting is the underlying distinction made by the two
names:

"Movie" refers to the illusion created in the viewer. 

"Film" refers to the physical strip of celluloid that creates the illusion.

Many moviegoers have never seen a piece of film and there is no movement in
the cinema, just a series of still images interspersed with a dark screen.

Ron Churgin