Going Steady

Book Description

Boston: Little Brown. [1970]. The uncorrected proof copy of the third collection of film reviews by the longtime film critic for The New Yorker; this proof has the working title of The Great Bastard Cross-fertilized Super-art. Kael invigorated film criticism unlike any previous reviewer, skewering pretension, extolling the value of entertainment, and praising popular culture. Self-consciously controversial, she delighted and infuriated, sometimes simultaneously, filmgoers, readers, and other critics. Her reviews were characterized by an informal but pull-no-punches vernacular writing style. The proof differs from the published version in the title and all the places the title is listed, including in the "Introduction" which became the "Foreword" in the book; also an untitled section in the proof became "Intentions" in the book. Light spine fade; label shadow lower edge; near fine in wrappers. A scarce advance state, with a different title, of one of her important collections of film criticism. . First Edition. Softcover.

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