# The flicker of a film is like a heartbeat. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 27, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flicker-of-a-film-is-like-a-heartbeat/834607 "2019-05-27T19:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flicker-of-a-film-is-like-a-heartbeat/834607/1 "2019-05-27T19:56:33Z")
> [@Ben Mankiewicz](#): > > The flicker of a film is like a heartbeat. Movies are in my blood. They’re part of who I am. Where and when did Ben Mankiewicz say or write this? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flicker-of-a-film-is-like-a-heartbeat/834607/2 "2019-05-27T20:06:25Z")
Somewhere around August 21, 2011? Maybe he’d used it before that. [“The flicker of a film is like a heartbeat. Movies are in my blood. They’re part of who I am.” That’s the new opening for TCM weekend host Ben Mankiewicz – and among the film clips is a nice close-up of Peter Lorre as Ugarte in Casablanca!](http://peterlorrenews.blogspot.com/2011/08/peter-lorre-movies-in-fall.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flicker-of-a-film-is-like-a-heartbeat/834607/3 "2019-05-27T21:02:28Z")
It’s all very poetic, but it will puzzle future generations who may have no idea what film projection was, or at least no idea of what it looked like. (With digital there’s no flicker.) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flicker-of-a-film-is-like-a-heartbeat/834607/4 "2019-05-28T04:11:25Z")
24 beats a second? Is Mankiewicz part hummingbird?