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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
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Title: What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Release Date: 22 Mar 2019

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genre: Documentary

Director: 29Pictures

Production Companies: 29Pictures

Overview: Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968. Praised for her highly opinionated and feisty writing style and criticised for her subjective and sometimes ruthless reviews, Kael’s writing was refreshingly and intensely rooted in her experience of watching a film as a member of the audience. Loved and hated in equal measure – loved by other critics for whom she was immensely influential, and hated by filmmakers whose films she trashed - Kael destroyed films that have since become classics such as The Sound of Music and raved about others such as Bonnie and Clyde. She was also aware of the perennial difficulties for women working in the movies and in film criticism, and fiercely fought sexism, both in her reviews and in her media appearances.

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Average Vote: 6.7 (13 votes)

Cast

  • Self (archive footage): Pauline Kael
  • Pauline's Voice Over: Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Self: Quentin Tarantino
  • Self: David O. Russell
  • Self: Alec Baldwin
  • Self: Francis Ford Coppola
  • Self: Paul Schrader
  • Self: John Boorman
  • Self: Robert Towne
  • Self: Joe Morgenstern
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