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Jun 22, 2012 · An Andrew Sarris Primer. 1. “Psycho,” 1960 “A close inspection of ‘Psycho’ indicates not only that the French have been right all along, but that Hitchcock is the most-daring avant-garde ...
Jan 31, 2023 · Auteurism: Andrew Sarris, Single (and Singular) Critic Changed the Course of American Cinema and Film Criticism Auteurism: Revolutionary Impact The ultimate test of any theory should be pragmatic, that is, the degree to which it produces new and useful knowledge and new and insightful understanding of social reality.
The next time you browse through the Vincente Minnelli section at Kim’s Video, or watch a TCM tribute to Raoul Walsh, or read an appreciation of Park Chan-wook in The New York Times, think of Andrew Sarris. There are still critics who think they’re scoring points by insisting that film is a collaborative medium, only to return to the director as organizing principle without missing a breath.
Jun 20, 2012 · Celebrated film critic and scholar Andrew Sarris died today at the age of 83, suffering complications from a recent fall. Sarris, a longtime critic at The Village Voice and The New York Observer ...
Jun 21, 2012 · He was a mentor and a friend. He is irreplaceable. Film critic Andrew Sarris at the 25th Anniversary Of Columbia University's Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on May 4, 2012 in New York City. In 1960, The Village Voice , the Greenwich Village weekly that had established itself as the house organ for New York’s boho intelligentsia, assigned a ...
An influential critic who wrote for The Village Voice among other publications, Sarris is credited with popularising the notion of auteur theory in America. His pithy eloquence was expressed not only in the pages of the papers he wrote for but in several books debunking reputations and encouraging critical reappraisal. Read Andrew Sarris' Guardian Obituary
Jun 20, 2012 · Andrew Sarris, the famed critic responsible for introducing the auteur theory to America, died this morning in New York. The news of his passing was confirmed by his longtime wife and fellow ...
