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Andrew Sarris (1928–2012)

Writer | Miscellaneous Crew

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Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1980. See more trivia »

Born:

in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 83) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Filmography

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1980 Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (TV documentary) (contributing writer)
 
1970 Promise at Dawn (uncredited)
 
1969 Justine (uncredited)
 
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1992 When It Was a Game 2 (TV documentary) (consultant - uncredited)
 
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2005 The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2002 'Sunset Blvd.': A Look Back (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
2011 Andrew Sarris: Critic in Focus (documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2006 Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Budd Boetticher: An American Original (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2005 White Heat: Top of the World (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (documentary)
Himself - Film Critic and Historian
 
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 'Sunset Blvd.': A Look Back (video documentary short)
Himself - Film Critic
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Film Critic
– Grace Kelly: Hollywood Princess (1998) … Himself - Film Critic
– Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998) … Himself
 
1994 In Ismail's Custody (video documentary)
Film Critic
 
1992 Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1985 The Moviemakers (TV series)
Himself
– The Critics Choice (1985) … Himself
 
1970 The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 Godard in America (documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2013 The 85th Oscars (TV special)
Himself - Film Critic (In Memoriam)
 
1990 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1970) Book: "Confessions of a Cultist" See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 2 Interviews  | 3 Articles  | See more »
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Personal Quote:

[on Alfred Hitchcock] His reputation has suffered from the fact that he has given audiences more pleasure than is permissible for serious cinema. No one who is so entertaining could possibly seem profound to the intellectual puritans. See more »

Trivia:

Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1980. See more »

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