Pauline Kael Quote

It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a director's artistry, that you could recognize his movies. But it can also be a sign that he's a hack.


"The Perils of Being Pauline", interview with Francis Davis, The New Yorker (October 2001).


It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a...

It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a...

It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a...

It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a...