"Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open."
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Pauline Kael (1919-2001) was a pioneering American film critic whose incisive and provocative reviews transformed the landscape of film criticism. Born in Petaluma, California, she began her career in the 1950s, contributing to magazines like The New Yorker, where her passionate and often controversial insights captivated readers and challenged filmmakers. Kael's legacy endures through her fearless advocacy for innovative cinema and her ability to articulate the emotional impact of film. Her work continues to inspire critics and cinephiles alike, cementing her status as a cultural icon.
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"It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art."
Pauline Kael"Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher."
Pauline Kael"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
"I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him."
Pauline Kael