Pauline Kael - I Lost It at the Movies: Film Writings 1954-1965
Release Date: January 01, 1994 |
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Pauline Kael - I Lost It at the Movies: Film Writings 1954-1965 - Considered one of the most strident, provocative, and committed film critics of the 20th century, a writer who elevated criticism to an art form, and a woman who wielded great cultural power during her reign as film critic atThe New Yorker from 1968 to 1991, Pauline Kael's incisive and divisive film reviews and essays were first collected in the bestselling I LOST IT AT THE MOVIES in 1965, and it is this book that cemented her reputation in the film world.
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Key Information |
| Authors | Pauline Kael |
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Professional Reviews |
| Professional Reviews | Schickel, Richard, New York Times Book Review: "I am not certain just what Miss Kael thinks she lost at the movies, but it was assuredly neither her wit or her wits. Her collected essays confirm what those of us who have encountered them separately over the last few years, mostly in rather small journals, have suspected--that she is the sanest, saltiest, most resourceful and least attitudinizing movie critic currently in practice in the United States. Whether she is closely examining a new movie or engaging in a pungent polemic against some narrow school of critical writing, as she does in her long introduction (a brilliant situation report on the current cinematic scene), she almost always manages to live up to her own high standards of critical craftsmanship." |
Book Editions |
| Book Editions | PaperbackJanuary 01, 1994Marion Boyars8.5"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1"(d), 1.15 lbs.9780714529752 |
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