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No one in the business of movies needs excuses for introspection.
You might chalk this up to nostalgia, and its undoubtedly a presence in these movies.
Its the boundaries of human physiology that allow us to turn still pictures into moving ones.
That assumption of effortless attention feels more romantic than any longing for celluloid.