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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

“Movies have been doing so much of the same thing - in slightly different ways - for so long that few of the possibilities of this great hybrid art have yet been explored.”

Way Long Has Beens Art Different Possibility Different Ways Movie Hybrid

Book:Going Steady: Film Writings, 1968-1969

Source: Going Steady: Film Writings, 1968-1969

“When a picture can't make it on its own, the producers pull in a 'controversial' message - the way a couple whose marriage is falling apart decide to have a baby.”

Way Fall Baby Couple Messages Producers Movie Falling Apart Controversial

Author:Pauline Kael

“Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.”

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Author:Pauline Kael

“What is getting older if it isn't learning more ways that you're vulnerable?”

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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.”

Source: Raising Kane and Other Essays

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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