Pauline Kael by Brian Kellow
A smart and eminently readable examination of the life and career of one of the twentieth century s most influential movie critics. Los Angeles TimesEngrossing and thoroughly researched. Entertainment Weekly
ANew York Times Book ReviewNotable Book of 2011
The first major biography of the most influential, powerful, and controversial film critic of the twentieth century
Pauline Kael was, in the words of Entertainment Weekly's movie reviewer Owen Gleiberman, the Elvis or Beatles of film criticism. During her tenure at The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991, she was the most widely read and, often enough, the most provocative critic in America. In this first full-length biography of the legend who changed the face of film criticism, acclaimed author Brian Kellow (author ofCan I Go Now?: The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent)gives readers a richly detailed view of Kael's remarkable life from her youth in rural California to her early struggles to establish her writing career to her peak years at The New Yorker.
Brian Kellow is the coauthor of Can't Stop Singing: The Biography of Eileen Farrell and the author of Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark, Ethel Merman: A Life, and The Bennetts: An Acting Family. Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Observer, Opera, and other publications have published his work. Kellow is a New York City resident.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670023127 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670023124 |
| Title | Pauline Kael |
| Author | Brian Kellow |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2011-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 417 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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