5001 Nights at the Movies: Shorter Reviews from the Silents to the '90s - Softcover

Kael, Pauline

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9780714529622: 5001 Nights at the Movies: Shorter Reviews from the Silents to the '90s

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ISBN 10: 0714529621 ISBN 13: 9780714529622

Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1993

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Smart, funny, and unforgettable, Pauline Kael is the most interesting and influential film critic in America. Her ability to skewer an actor or director and her wit, insight, and thorough knowledge of the film business make her by far the most rewarding regular observer of the movie scene. This new collection covers films that have come out since the previous 1985 edition.

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Review:

"She is, indeed, the Edmund Wilson of film reviewers."---Larry McMurtry"She's the best film critic we've got."---"Details ""A great critic...with a body of criticism that can be compared with Shaw's criticism of music and the theatre."---"The Times Literary Supplement "(London)"Kael changed the way we see. Poets aren't the only unacknowledged legislators of the world; great critics write the text as well."---"San Francisco Examiner"

She is, indeed, the Edmund Wilson of film reviewers. "Larry McMurtry"

She's the best film critic we've got. "Details"

A great critic with a body of criticism that can be compared with Shaw's criticism of music and the theatre. "The Times Literary Supplement (London)"

Kael changed the way we see. Poets aren't the only unacknowledged legislators of the world; great critics write the text as well. "San Francisco Examiner""

"She is, indeed, the Edmund Wilson of film reviewers." --Larry McMurtry

"She's the best film critic we've got." --Details

"A great critic...with a body of criticism that can be compared with Shaw's criticism of music and the theatre." --The Times Literary Supplement (London)

"Kael changed the way we see. Poets aren't the only unacknowledged legislators of the world; great critics write the text as well." --San Francisco Examiner

About the Author:

Pauline Kael won the National Book Award for her film criticism in 1974. The film critic for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991, she is the author of more than a dozen books on the movies.

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