[lbo-talk] Sicko

[BklynMagus]

> But he doesn't hit for the fences, he doesn't provoke thoughts and 
arguments about what the movies are about, he doesn't even make you 
nostalgic for the time when you used to love waiting for the movies 
and talking about movies.  All you can say is that Lane is worth 
reading for the chuckles.

He along with A.O. Scott was a book reviewer turned film critic.  
And it shows.

A good site for film criticism is www.davekehr.com  Kehr is a 
longtime critic who does the dvd column for the NY Times.  If 
rumour is correct, he was passed over due to age when Janet Maslin 
retired.


> So my proposal (which won't be accepted because there cannot be 
agreement on anything lbo-talk) is that we started a campaign to 
get Brian hired by "The New Yorker"

Charles will love Nietzsche before that happens.  The fact is that 
film criticism will continue to decline since so few films are 
available to be seen.  With the demise of repetory houses and 16 mm 
campus screenings, home video is the only outlet left, and at the 
moment only 3.64% of film titles are available this way (info from 
Dave Kehr).  How can a critic have insight into a medium she has has 
limited to no access to?

Brian