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RE: A shameless paean to Pauline Kael: even if you

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In Reply to: RE: A shameless paean to Pauline Kael: even if you posted by tinear on January 17, 2009 at 15:54:10

tin,

I fully agree, even if we disagree on her take on Bergman. I have never read another critic who could bring such a wealth of knowledge to bear on her reviews.
Even if one disagreed with her view on a film, she would always make her points so clear that you could understand why she felt the way she did.

I haven't seen anyone else even approach her. Her books should be required reading in film school.

Follow Ups:

She described "The Sound of Music" as "The Sound of Money" - grinagog 18:23:24 01/20/09 (0)
+ said: "A sugar-coated lie that most people want to swallow"
She had an ascerbic + incisive wit; I agree, no reviewer has ever come close to her level of knowledge or literary brilliance
GW
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Edits: 01/20/09

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