“If I never saw another fistfight or car chase or Doberman attack, I wouldn't have any feeling of loss. And that goes for Rottweilers, too.” IfsFeelingsLossSawsCarRottweilersDobermans Author:Pauline Kael
“If it took some effort to see old movies, we might try to find out which were the good ones, and if people saw only the good ones maybe they would still respect old movies. As it is, people sit and watch movies that audiences walked out on thirty years ago.” PeopleIfsTryingYearsStillsMightEffortWatchesAudienceSawsYears AgoThirtyThirty YearsWatch MovieOld Movie Book:For Keeps Source: For Keeps
“The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies” ActorsSawsKissingStatementsAppealsMovieItalianBangsPosters Author:Pauline Kael
“We read critics for the perceptions, for what they tell us that we didn't fully grasp when we saw the work. The judgments we can usually make for ourselves.” SawsJudgmentPerceptionCriticismCritics Author:Pauline Kael
“Watching old movies is like spending an evening with those people next door. They bore us, and we wouldn't go out of our way to see them; we drop in on them because they're so close. If it took some effort to see old movies, we might try to find out which were the good ones, and if people saw only the good ones maybe they would still respect old movies. As it is, people sit and watch movies that audiences walked out on thirty years ago. Like Lot's wife, we are tempted to take another look, attracted not by evil but by something that seems much more shameful -- our own innocence.” PeopleIfsWayTryingYearsLooksStillsSeemsMightEvilNextEffortWatchesAudienceSawsWifeDoorsTelevisionYears AgoSpendingEveningInnocenceThirtyBoresTemptedShamefulThirty YearsWatch MovieOld Movie Book:Raising Kane and Other Essays Source: Raising Kane and Other Essays
