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Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Faber: A Special Publication of The Library of America

Farber on Film is a compilation of Manny Faber's extensive work in film criticism, showcasing his insightful and influential perspectives on cinema. The book is a special publication by The Library of America, emphasizing Faber's significant contributions to the field of film criticism. more

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Manny Farber
Manny Farber

Manny Farber was an influential American painter known for his abstract expressionist works. Born on February 20, 1917, he spent his career exploring the boundaries of form and color. Farber's paintings often feature geometric shapes and bold brushstrokes, reflecting his interest in both the abstract and the representational. He passed away on August 18, 2008. more

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“Capra is an old-time movie craftsman, the master of every trick in the bag, and in many ways he is more at home with the medium than any other Hollywood director. But all of his details give the impression of contrived effect.”

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“Frank Capra, Hollywood's Horatio Alger, lights with more cinematic know-how and zeal than any other director to convince movie audiences that American life is exactly like the 'Saturday Evening Post' covers of Norman Rockwell. 'It's A Wonderful Life,' the latest example of Capracorn, shows his art at a hysterical pitch.”

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“Orson Welles's second 'I-did-it' should show once and for all that film making, radio and the stage are three different guys better kept separated. 'The Magnificent Ambersons' is one of those versions of the richest family in town during the good old days.”

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“The Big Sleep' is an unsentimental, surrealist excitement in which most of the men in Hollywood's underworld are murdered and most of the women go for an honest but not unwilling private sleuth (Humphrey Bogart).”

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“The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime.”

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“The cold, mean 'Sunset Boulevard' - a beautiful title, though I suspect it was shot on another boulevard - is further proof of the resurgence of art in the Hollywood of super-craftsmen with insuperable taste.”

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