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Film critic

Pauline Kael was an influential American film critic, born on June 19, 1919, and passed away on September 3, 2001. She was a prominent figure in the film criticism world, known for her unique perspective and profound insights into cinema.

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Famous Pauline Kael Quotes

“I am mystified. I know only one person who voted for Nixon.”

Knows Persons

Author:Pauline Kael

“All our advertising is propaganda, of course, but it has become so much a part of our life, is so pervasive, that we just don't know what it is propaganda for.”

Knows Life Is Courses Our Lives Advertising Propaganda

Author:Pauline Kael

“When I see those ads with the quote 'You'll have to see this picture twice,' I know it's the kind of picture I don't want to see once.”

Knows Want Kind Movie Ads

Book:For Keeps

Source: For Keeps

“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.”

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Book:For Keeps

Source: For Keeps

“I live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted for Nixon. Where they are I don't know. They're outside my ken. But sometimes when I'm in a theater I can feel them.”

Knows World Feels Persons I Can Sometimes Special Theater

Author:Pauline Kael

“The critical task is necessarily comparative, and younger people do not truly know what is new”

People Knows Tasks Critical

Book:For Keeps

Source: For Keeps

“I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know.”

Ifs Knows Felt Funeral

Book:5001 Nights at the Movies

Source: 5001 Nights at the Movies

About the Author

Born: June 19, 1919
Died: September 3, 2001
Known for: Film critic
Quotes: 94

Books & Sources

For KeepsRelated source material

i lost it at the moviesRelated source material

Raising Kane and Other EssaysRelated source material

HookedRelated source material

5001 Nights at the MoviesRelated source material

Movie love: complete reviews 1988-1991Related source material

Afterglow: A Last Conversation with Pauline KaelRelated source material

Going Steady: Film Writings, 1968-1969Related source material

Conversations with Pauline KaelRelated source material

For Keeps: 30 Years at the MoviesRelated source material

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