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Jul 23, 2009
Kevin
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Kael's criticism is essential reading. Erudite but never pretentious, she attacked commercialism, hackwork, and sentimentality with merciless venom. Someone's review complained that she didn't get pulpier fare, but its plain to me that she loved a good bit of shameless entertainment; if you want pulp, you need look no further than the filmography of Brain de Palma, whose films she adored, and the 80's "Flash Gordon" which she also loved. She even delights in the ouevre of Mel Brooks, w
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Jan 28, 2009
Paul
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Kael loved movies but hated the business of movie making. Nothing brought out the anger in her vibrant prose as much as money making producers. This is evident thru this as well as many other books she has written. She loved movies with her heart on her sleeve. She could wither like no other with just a little of her pen. She could use sarcasm like a sharp bullet and yet when her praise was won, nothing in life was ever truer. When she hated a film, you could see all the reasons why. She
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May 02, 2008
Amy
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Pauline Kael was a respected film critic who was most active during the 1960s- 1980s. She's a sassy, opinionated woman, and for the most part her reviews are fun to read. The book that I checked out from the library includes her reviews from 1972-75. In my opinion, a pretty good time for American films especially. I'm into a lot of what Kael says because she expects movies to be thought-provoking, and has a strong aversion to the saccharine. However, she doesn't seem to understand pulpier fare.
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