Pauline Kael (1919–2001)

Filmography

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1988) Book: "Movie Love" (Penguin Books) See more »

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Height:

4' 9" (1.45 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies. See more »

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Trivia:

Her extremely controversial 1971 essay (about the making of Citizen Kane) "Raising Kane" - in which several pieces of uncorroborated hearsay or mere guesswork are passed off as fact - was not the first occasion on which her integrity was open to question. Nearly twenty years earlier, her hostile review of the film Salt of the Earth mentions scenes not actually in the film... See more »

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Nickname:

The Bird Woman of Petaluma See more »

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Star Sign:

Gemini