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Maybe it’s because I’m older now, but there was something about the Seventies and Eighties. It was ‘the magic of the movies’. You would go to the cinema and have this magical, transportive experience, all because of the amount of love in the movies themselves. Particularly with those Indiana Jones movies, and almost everything Spielberg did, you could feel the passion behind the stories. Blockbusters nowadays have gotten a little corporate. A little jaded and cynical with their audiences. That amateur feel – for creating a magical experience – that’s something I want to see in my art.

— David Harbour

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Maybe it’s because I’m older now, but there was something about the Seventies and Eighties. It was ‘the magic of the movies’. You would go to the cinema and have this magical, transportive experience, all because of the amount of love in the movies themselves. Particularly with those Indiana Jones movies, and almost everything Spielberg did, you could feel the passion behind the stories. Blockbusters nowadays have gotten a little corporate. A little jaded and cynical with their audiences. That amateur feel – for creating a magical experience – that’s something I want to see in my art." in the context of "Independent (October 20, 2017)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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David Harbour

About David Harbour

David Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Jim Hopper in the web television series Stranger Things (2016–present), which earned him a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2018. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmys for the role.