Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
Richard Warren Schickelis an American film historian, journalist, author, filmmaker, screenwriter, documentarian, and film and literary critic. He was a film critic for Time magazine from 1965-2010, and has also written for Life magazine and the Los Angeles Times Book Review. He currently reviews films for Truthdig...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth10 February 1933
CountryUnited States of America
taken reality sitting
Any dramatic series the producers want us to take seriously as a representationof contemporary reality cannot be taken seriously as a representation ofanything - except a show to be ignored by anyone capable of sitting uprightin a chair and chewing gum simultaneously.
luck favors
Luck always favors the comely.
movie art stars
A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.
character fate exercise
A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration.
law years perspective
The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective.