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Between 1968 and 1991 as the film reviewer for The New Yorker , Kael
used her considerable tools to shape the film tatstes of generations, enthralling readers with her gift for capturing, with
force and fluency the essence of an actor's gesture or the full implication of a cinematic image. Kael called movies
" the most total and encompassing art form we have, " and she made her reviews a platform for considering both film
and the worlds it engages, crafting in the process a prose style of extraordinary wit , precision and improvisatory grace.
To read 'The Age of Movies' is to be swept up into an endlessly revealing and entertaining dialogue with
Kael and her witty, exhilarating and opinionated best. ( please check all columns for spelling)
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