Quotes by Kael, Pauline

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. >>

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part th >>

The words Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which I saw on an Italian movie poster, >>

Quotations about Television

What do a few lies on TV matter? They can be swallowed, digested and e >>

A three -- to four -- to five-hour experience with nothingness. >>

If we had had the right technology back then, you would have seen Eva >>

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.

Kael, Pauline