Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael
Pauline Kaelwas an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991. Earlier in her career, her work appeared in City Lights, McCall's and The New Republic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth19 June 1919
CountryUnited States of America
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The words ""Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"" which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies
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The words ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,'' which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies. This appeal is what attracts us, and ultimately what makes us despair when we begin to understand how seldom movies are more than this.
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says Lopez. ''They're right near where I live; and they have such a great film program over there it seemed a perfect place for it.
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Brando represented a reaction against the postwar mania for security. As a protagonist, the Brando of the early 50's had no code, only his instincts. He was a development from the gangster and the outlaw.
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I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
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The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.
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The unwary Brando was made to look public ass No. 1. It was now open season on Brando.
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Just about the best Hollywood musical of all time.
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In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow "too much.
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In this country we encourage ""creativity"" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow ""too much.
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Being creative is having something to sell, or knowing how to sell something, or having sold something. It has taken over what we used to mean by being "wised up" knowing the tricks, the shortcuts.
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Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher.
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Vulgarity is not as destructive to an artist as snobbery.
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I’m frequently asked why I don’t write my memoirs. I think I have.