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Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark
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“Not only did Pauline Kael practically break through the proverbial glass ceiling (thereby opening opportunities for countless female film critics today), but her insightful, eloquent, and exceedingly clever commentary is often part of the undergraduate Film 101 curriculum, too. Brian Kellow's new biography, Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark, is required reading for anyone interested in learning more about the powerful writer, whose valuable critique appeared in The New Yorker over the course of 20-plus years. Kael had a keen ability to bridge the gap between the film industry and its audience, and her opinion dramatically affected the careers of writers, directors, and actors alike. At Book Soup, Kael's latest biographer discusses his new book, which is crafted with the help of nearly 200 interviews with Pauline Kael's colleagues, friends, and even her enemies.”
Tanja M. Laden, Flavorpill
Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year...
The first biography of The New Yorker's influential, powerful, and controversial film critic. A decade after her death, Pauline Kael remains the most important figure in film criticism today, in part due to her own inimitable style and power within the film community and in part due to the enormous influence she has exerted over an entire subsequent generation of film critics. During her tenure at the New Yorker from 1967 to 1991 she was a tastemaker, a career maker, and a career breaker. Her brash, vernacular writing style often made for an odd fit at the stately New Yorker. Brian Kellow gives us a richly detailed look at one of the most astonishing bursts of creativity in film history and a rounded portrait of this remarkable (and often relentlessly driven) woman. Pauline Kael is a book that will be welcomed by the same audience that made Mark Harris's Pictures at a Revolution and Peter Biskind's Easy Riders.
