According to Benjamin, "There is no such place for the movie scene that is being shot. Its illusionary nature is that of the second degree, the result of cutting. That is to say, in the studio the mechanical equipment has penetrated so deeply into reality that its pure aspect freed from the foreign substance... The equipment-free aspect of reality here has become the height of artifice; the sight of immediate reality has become an orchid in the land of technology." What does this say about the relationship between art and reality?

The evolution of art technologically has brought with it the ability for certain mediums such as photography to be reproduced relatively easily. Does this ease of reproduction make the work any less valuable than if there is only one copy? Does mass producing art take away from the original intent?