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Post by mortsahlfan on Oct 17, 2018 16:19:19 GMT
Either helping or hurting... I haven't read much criticism, but I remember reading Pauline Kael's enthusiastic review of Nashville, which hadn't even come out yet. This was a book reviewing a review, and mentioned that although Kael had got too close with Altman, that it helped a movie that might have never received any popularity.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Oct 17, 2018 19:52:59 GMT
The original Halloween was dying a slow death when it was released in 1978 (it didn't get a wide release, it was opened in different markets for short runs). Then it opened in Chicago (roughly two months after hitting its first markets), and Roger Ebert gave it a stellar review; he along with another critic in NYC who also gave it a positive review at the same time changed its course, and the movie took off from there. Carpenter has said he'd already passed the movie off as a failure and was shocked when he learned it had become a hit.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2018 19:56:48 GMT
Fight Club did not do well at the box office. Tanked is my understanding, and I remember at the time that it didn't take off. You'd never think that the way it's talked about now. You would think it was an unassailable success from the beginning.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Oct 17, 2018 20:19:45 GMT
Speaking of General Kael, her review of Bonnie & Clyde is noted for increasing its exposure.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Oct 17, 2018 20:20:33 GMT
It seems like Harry Knowles at one time was a powerful critic although he apparently could be bought too.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Oct 17, 2018 20:23:00 GMT
Armond White proved you don't actually have to watch movies to be a film critic
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Post by ck100 on Oct 17, 2018 20:47:09 GMT
No doubt Ebert played a role many times over the years in one way or the other.
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 17, 2018 21:59:43 GMT
Kael's reviews of Bonnie and Clyde and Last Tango in Paris (and others) ensured their success.
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