1. The widespread failure of critics to appreciate the Big Lebowski is really part of a more general tendency not to appreciate off-kilter comedy.https://twitter.com/notjessewalker/status/971576839352344576 …
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9. I think Kael wasn't able to appreciate most of Kubrick because she mistook his high artifice (a deliberate choice of modes) as a failure of naturalism & sign of lack of feelings.
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10. But, ultimately, good film criticism isn't about being right or wrong so much as it's about explaining your reaction convincingly. So Kael or Kubrick or the Lebowski pans don't bother me.
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11. In fact, my favorite movie podcasters (
@williamfleitch &@TimGrierson) still don't like the Big Lebowski! But they explain their lack of enthusiasm well here:https://soundcloud.com/grierson-leitch/a-fantastic-woman-winchester …Show this thread
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Shhh, do you want to get sued?
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seriously.
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Kael is best read as entertainment. Her judgement is pretty seriously flawed. Her writing is fun to read as long as you don’t take her opinions too seriously.
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I feel this when people criticize the acting in certain Herzog or Lynch films. They’re not necessarily supposed to be acting like real people!
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did you think the driving scenes in Phantom Thread were a h/t to Clockwork?
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Considering that Kael engaged in a decades-long vendetta against Orson Welles over "Citizen Kane," I think her critical shortcomings are not in dispute.
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