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
artist fool firsts
The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.
art appreciate littles
Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.
directors sometimes repetition
It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a director's artistry, that you could recognize his movies. But it can also be a sign that he's a hack.