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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. - Pauline Kael Quotes

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.

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera. - Pauline Kael Quotes

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.

The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising. - Pauline Kael Quotes

The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.

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Her only flair is in her nostrils. - Pauline Kael Quotes

Her only flair is in her nostrils.

A guy gets shot with a penis. - Pauline Kael Quotes

A guy gets shot with a penis.

Just about the best Hollywood musical of all time. - Pauline Kael Quotes

Just about the best Hollywood musical of all time.

Trash has given us an appetite for art - Pauline Kael Quotes

Trash has given us an appetite for art

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them - Pauline Kael Quotes

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them

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The unwary Brando was made to look public ass No. 1. It was now open season on Brando. - Pauline Kael Quotes

The unwary Brando was made to look public ass No. 1. It was now open season on Brando.

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down. - Pauline Kael Quotes

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.

American Critic

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