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When The Lights Go Down (book)
''When the Lights Go Down: Film Writings 1975–1980'' (1980), is the sixth collection of movie reviews by the critic Pauline Kael. Background All material in the book originally appeared in ''The New Yorker''. The collection begins with an appreciation of Cary Grant. " Mae West's raucous invitation to him - 'Why don't you come up sometime and see me?' - was echoed thirty years later by Audrey Hepburn in ''Charade (1963 film), Charade'': 'Won't you come in for a minute? I don't bite, you know, unless it's called for.' And then, purringly, 'Do you know what's wrong with you? Nothing.' That might be a summary of Cary Grant, the finest romantic comedian of his era: there's nothing the matter with him. After the profile of Cary Grant the book contains reviews of movies of the second half of the 1970s - more than one hundred and fifty of them. The book is out-of-print in the United States, but is still published by Marion Boyars Publishers in the United Kingdom. Critical response ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Lights Go Down (book)
''When the Lights Go Down: Film Writings 1975–1980'' (1980), is the sixth collection of movie reviews by the critic Pauline Kael. Background All material in the book originally appeared in ''The New Yorker''. The collection begins with an appreciation of Cary Grant. " Mae West's raucous invitation to him - 'Why don't you come up sometime and see me?' - was echoed thirty years later by Audrey Hepburn in ''Charade (1963 film), Charade'': 'Won't you come in for a minute? I don't bite, you know, unless it's called for.' And then, purringly, 'Do you know what's wrong with you? Nothing.' That might be a summary of Cary Grant, the finest romantic comedian of his era: there's nothing the matter with him. After the profile of Cary Grant the book contains reviews of movies of the second half of the 1970s - more than one hundred and fifty of them. The book is out-of-print in the United States, but is still published by Marion Boyars Publishers in the United Kingdom. Critical response ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |