Manny Farber Quotes

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A peculiar fact about termite-tapeworm-fungus-moss art is that it goes always forward eating its own boundaries, and, likely as not, leaves nothing in its path other than the signs of eager, industrious, unkempt activity.

Manny Farber

There are several types of movie space, the three most important being: (1) the field of the screen, (2) the psychological space of the actor, and (3) the area of experience and geography that the film covers.

Manny Farber

I get a great laugh from artists who ridicule the critics as parasites and artists manqués — sucha horrible joke. I can't imagine a more perfect art form, a moreperfect career than criticism. I can't imagine anything more valuableto do.

Manny Farber

The cold, mean 'Sunset Boulevard' - a beautiful title, though I suspect it was shot on another boulevard - is further proof of the resurgence of art in the Hollywood of super-craftsmen with insuperable taste.

Manny Farber

Henry V' is a great deal more than almost any other hell-bent-for-armor movie that you've seen.

Manny Farber

The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime.

Manny Farber