A shameless paean to Pauline Kael: even if you

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don't agree with her film assessments, she is the most entertaining of writers, with a breadth and width of knowledge possessed by few. I love her for her fearless comments, such as those about Susan Sontag--- whom I've always admired for her intellect but often couldn't understand--- in which she confesses to having re-read Susan over and over and still not knowing what the hell she was talking about.
Kael also has an encyclopedic knowledge of film which allows her to place films in their historical context and to understand technical and lyrical development.
Be forewarned: after becoming to this level of brilliance, one has a hard time returning to just another film critic.
Pauline wrote several excellent books about the cinema, most of them with suggestive, clever titles, i.e. "I Lost it at the Movies," "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang."

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Topic - A shameless paean to Pauline Kael: even if you - tinear 15:54:10 01/17/09 (2)

RE: A shameless paean to Pauline Kael: even if you - Cosmic Closet 09:43:46 01/18/09 (1)

She described "The Sound of Music" as "The Sound of Money" - grinagog 18:23:24 01/20/09 (0)

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