Critic's Quotes Flashcards

1
Q

What did Vincent Canby say about Do The Right Thing?

A

“The achievement is in building the tensions so gradually and so persuasively that the explosion seems inevitable.”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What did Laura Mulvey say about Vertigo?

A

“oscillating between voyeurism and fetishistic fascination”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What did Roger Ebert say about Winter’s Bone?

A

“Her film doesn’t live above these people, but among them.”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What did Owen Gleiberman say about Carol?

A

It had a “furtive soulfulness”.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What does Kristin Jones say about Fish Tank?

A

female characters whose warmth has been muted by trauma or social isolation.”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What does Janet Maslin say about Pulp Fiction?

A

a landscape of danger, shock, hilarity and vibrant local color.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What does David Ansen say about Pan’s Labyrinth?

A

unfolds with the confidence of a classical fable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What does say Austin Chronicle about City of God?

A

refuses to avert its gaze from the poetry and the insane savagery of the hopeless.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly