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Pauline Kael Quotes

I am mystified. I know only one person who voted for Nixon Picture Quote #1

If there’s anything to learn from the history of movies, it’s that corruption leads to further corruption, not to innocence Picture Quote #1

An avidity for more is built into the love of movies. Something else is built in: you have to be open to the idea of getting drunk on movies. (Being able to talk about movies with someone -- to share the giddy high excitement you feel -- is enough for a friendship Picture Quote #1

We will never know the extent of the damage movies are doing to us, but movie art, it appears, thrives on moral chaos. When the country is paralyzed, the popular culture may tell us why. After innocence, winners become losers. Movies are probably inuring us to corruption; the sellout is the hero-survivor for our times Picture Quote #1

McLuhanism and the media have broken the back of the book business; they’ve freed people from the shame of not reading. They’ve rationalized becoming stupid and watching television Picture Quote #1

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him ‘Plays with Camera Picture Quote #1

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Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher Picture Quote #1

This movie is a toupee made up to look like honest baldness Picture Quote #1

Protagonists are always loners, almost by definition Picture Quote #1

An artist must either give up art or develop Picture Quote #1

A steady diet of mass culture is a form of deprivation Picture Quote #1

Great movies are rarely perfect movies Picture Quote #1

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A book might be written on the injustice of the just Picture Quote #1

Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again Picture Quote #1

Movies are our cheap and easy expression, the sullen art of displaced persons Picture Quote #1

The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising Picture Quote #1

Kicked in the ribs, the press says art when ouch would be more appropriate Picture Quote #1

The action genre has always had a fascist potential, and it surfaces in this movie Picture Quote #1

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Her only flair is in her nostrils Picture Quote #1

A mistake in judgment isn’t fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is Picture Quote #1

Sex is the great leveler, taste the great divider Picture Quote #1

Trash has given us an appetite for art Picture Quote #1

Vulgarity is not as destructive to an artist as snobbery Picture Quote #1

If you can’t make fun of bad movies on serious subjects, what’s the point? Picture Quote #1

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Art doesn’t come in measured quantities: it’s got to be too much or it’s not enough Picture Quote #1

It’s sometimes discouraging to see all of a director’s movies, because there’s so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a director’s artistry, that you could recognize his movies. But it can also be a sign that he’s a hack Picture Quote #1

When you clean them up, when you make movies respectable, you kill them. The wellspring of their art, their greatness, is in not being respectable Picture Quote #1

The critical task is necessarily comparative, and younger people do not truly know what is new Picture Quote #1

Unlike storybook heroes and heroines but like many actual heroes and heroines, she was something of a social outcast Picture Quote #1

Is there something in druggy subjects that encourages directors to make imitation film noir? Film noir itself becomes an addiction Picture Quote #1

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I am mystified. I know only one person who voted for Nixon (Pauline Kael Quotes) If there’s anything to learn from the history of movies, it’s that corruption leads to further corruption, not to innocence. (Pauline Kael Quotes) An avidity for more is built into the love of movies. Something else is built in: you have to be open to the idea of getting drunk on movies. (Being able to talk about movies with someone -- to share the giddy high excitement you feel -- is enough for a friendship (Pauline Kael Quotes) We will never know the extent of the damage movies are doing to us, but movie art, it appears, thrives on moral chaos. When the country is paralyzed, the popular culture may tell us why. After innocence, winners become losers. Movies are probably inuring us to corruption; the sellout is the hero-survivor for our times (Pauline Kael Quotes) McLuhanism and the media have broken the back of the book business; they’ve freed people from the shame of not reading. They’ve rationalized becoming stupid and watching television (Pauline Kael Quotes) Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him ‘Plays with Camera (Pauline Kael Quotes) Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher (Pauline Kael Quotes) This movie is a toupee made up to look like honest baldness (Pauline Kael Quotes) Protagonists are always loners, almost by definition (Pauline Kael Quotes) An artist must either give up art or develop (Pauline Kael Quotes) A steady diet of mass culture is a form of deprivation (Pauline Kael Quotes) Great movies are rarely perfect movies (Pauline Kael Quotes) A book might be written on the injustice of the just (Pauline Kael Quotes) Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again (Pauline Kael Quotes) Movies are our cheap and easy expression, the sullen art of displaced persons (Pauline Kael Quotes) The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising (Pauline Kael Quotes) Kicked in the ribs, the press says art when ouch would be more appropriate (Pauline Kael Quotes) The action genre has always had a fascist potential, and it surfaces in this movie (Pauline Kael Quotes) Her only flair is in her nostrils (Pauline Kael Quotes) A mistake in judgment isn’t fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is (Pauline Kael Quotes) Sex is the great leveler, taste the great divider (Pauline Kael Quotes) Trash has given us an appetite for art (Pauline Kael Quotes) Vulgarity is not as destructive to an artist as snobbery (Pauline Kael Quotes) If you can’t make fun of bad movies on serious subjects, what’s the point? (Pauline Kael Quotes) Art doesn’t come in measured quantities: it’s got to be too much or it’s not enough (Pauline Kael Quotes) It’s sometimes discouraging to see all of a director’s movies, because there’s so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a director’s artistry, that you could recognize his movies. But it can also be a sign that he’s a hack (Pauline Kael Quotes) When you clean them up, when you make movies respectable, you kill them. The wellspring of their art, their greatness, is in not being respectable (Pauline Kael Quotes) The critical task is necessarily comparative, and younger people do not truly know what is new (Pauline Kael Quotes) Unlike storybook heroes and heroines but like many actual heroes and heroines, she was something of a social outcast (Pauline Kael Quotes) Is there something in druggy subjects that encourages directors to make imitation film noir? Film noir itself becomes an addiction (Pauline Kael Quotes)

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