“Writers who go to Hollywood still follow the classic pattern: either you get disgusted by 'them' and you leave or you want the money and you become them.” WantStillsHollywoodPatternsClassicDisgusted Author:Pauline Kael
“Allowing for exceptions, there is still one basic difference between the traditional arts and the mass-media arts: in the traditional arts, the artist grows; in a mass medium, the artist decays profitably.” ArtStillsArtistGrowsDifferencesMediaMassTraditionalMediumsExceptionAllowingDecayMass Media 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
“Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again. If somewhere in the Hollywood-entertainment world someone has managed to break through with something that speaks to you, then it isn’t all corruption. The movie doesn’t have to be great; it can be stupid and empty and you can still have the joy of a good performance, or the joy in just a good line. An actor’s scowl, a small subversive gesture, a dirty remark that someone tosses off with a mock-innocent face, and the world makes a little bit of sense.” IfsWorldBelieveLittlesStillsCareFacesJoyActorsSpeakBitsLinesBreakStupidPossibilityLittle BitEmptyHollywoodPerformancesEntertainmentCorruptionInnocentDirtyGesturesRemarksMockBreak ThroughSubversiveTossGood MovieFilms And Movies Book:For Keeps Source: For Keeps
“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
