[acephal]

The famous French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan claimed that if everyone said exactly what needs be said, language wouldn't exist or something like that. I'd wager movies are a reflection of how our psyche works, including 'main character syndrome', omissions of causality for narrative coherency, etc.

[saghm]

I'm not sure I understand that quote. Doesn't language exist because there isn't any other way to say some things? How else would one say most things?

[snypher]

Most things don't need to be said, like my comment. I could have just had a thought, and continued on with my day.

I like this quote; Language, according to Lacan, is a process of speaking whereby one's history is made real.