For KeepsFor Keeps offers the best of Kael's reviews and other writings on movies from the collections that have marked her matchless career, starting with I Lost It at the Movies (1965), through Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Deeper Into Movies (a National Book Award winner), The Citizen Kane Book ("Raising Kane", the full text on the making of the movie, is here), and all the others in a glorious run concluding with Movie Love in 1991. Now that Kael has retired from regular reviewing, her reputation has only increased, and for the inimitable real thing, readers must turn to this volume to sample her perspicacity, fluency, and style. More than 275 reviews are arranged chronologically - in effect, a history of 30 years of movies. This ultimate compendium from America's most eloquent, passionate, and provocative critic is a boon to serious moviegoers and an indispensable companion in the age of the VCR. |
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... Cary Grant . Men as far apart as John F. Kennedy and Lucky Luciano thought that he should star in their life story . Who but Cary Grant could be a fantasy self - image for a President and a gangster chief ? Who else could demonstrate ...
... Cary Grant . Men as far apart as John F. Kennedy and Lucky Luciano thought that he should star in their life story . Who but Cary Grant could be a fantasy self - image for a President and a gangster chief ? Who else could demonstrate ...
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... Cary Grant fell on evil days . After 1940 , he didn't seem to have any place to go - there were no longer Cary Grant pictures . Instead , he acted in pictures that nobody could have been right for abominations like the 1942 anti - Nazi ...
... Cary Grant fell on evil days . After 1940 , he didn't seem to have any place to go - there were no longer Cary Grant pictures . Instead , he acted in pictures that nobody could have been right for abominations like the 1942 anti - Nazi ...
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... Cary Grant appears to be a profoundly practical man ; after the disappointing box - office returns from None but the Lonely Heart ( he did get an Academy Award nomination for it , but the award was given to Bing Crosby for Going My Way ) ...
... Cary Grant appears to be a profoundly practical man ; after the disappointing box - office returns from None but the Lonely Heart ( he did get an Academy Award nomination for it , but the award was given to Bing Crosby for Going My Way ) ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION xix | 10 |
PART ONE FROM I LOST IT AT THE MOVIES 1965 | 10 |
SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT | 14 |
Copyright | |
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