Filmmaker Claims Orators, Not Films, Change the World

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Filmmaker Claims Orators, Not Films, Change the World

Werner Herzog, one of Germany's greatest filmmakers and screenwriters, said in a 2011 interview: "Movies do not change anything … [that's] an exaggerated view." Then he continued by stating what does change the world:

It is … the great orators. They are the ones that capture the imagination of an entire population. They change things ….

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