film v movie

[Paul Mackin]

On Tue, 30 Jul 1996 LOT64 at aol.com wrote:

> 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.

"Picture" would seem to win out hands down. Are the money people
(producers) always more down-to-earth, perceptive, about what they are 
doing than the hired artistes and promoters? Oh, ignore that.

Also, that big white rectangle upon which the image is projected can
serve as a near synonym to the movie/film/picture itself in certain
contexts.

Jack Benny (again), star of stage, SCREEN, and radio.

				P.