For the film lovers on the list

[Paul Mackin]

On 3/19/2012 9:16 AM, David Morris wrote:
> I read James Wolcott's memoir "Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and
> Semi-Dirty in Seventies New York.
>
> Kael is prominently featured in one section.  She and Wolcott became
> great friends back then.  She was, it seems, a bit controversial, and
> eventually fell victim to rivals' attacks, both from within and
> without the New Yorker.
>

For me movie critics are most useful for pointing out really bad movies, 
so you don't have to bother with them. But being directed to ones you 
might actually like is another proposition, Kael included, not that she 
didn't have her moments. I had a funny experience with Last Tango. You 
had to reserve tickets in advance but I and my s.a. forget to use our 
first set and had to reorder. And after all that, I honestly couldn't 
see anything so special in this movie Pauline Kael had raved about.

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> http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2011/11/From-a-View-to-a-Kael
>
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> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Henry M<scuffling at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Kael's reviews were my favorite part of the New Yorker.  I have yet to read  anyone who I would consider to be her equal in writing about movies.
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>> AsB4,
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