Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Richard Schickel

Born: February 10, 1933
Died: February 18, 2017 (aged 84)
Bio: Richard Warren Schickel was an American film historian, journalist, author, filmmaker, screenwriter, documentarian, and film and literary critic. He was a film critic for Time magazine from 1965 2010, and also wrote for Life magazine and the Los Angeles Times Book Review.
Known for:
- Clint Eastwood (1996)
- Clint: A Retrospective (2010)
- Conversations with Scorsese (2011)
- Intimate strangers (1985)