| Balance of Terror: How Otto Preminger Made His Movies
Denby, David
The New Yorker, January 14, 2008, pp76-82
“Preminger was perhaps too refined and modulated in his sophistication to achieve more than occasional greatness as a director. He doesn’t compare, for instance, with his fellow-émigrés Fritz Lang and Billy Wilder. It’s hard to think of a heartbreaking or truly exhilarating moment in his work. Yet, at his best, he raised civil discourse to the level of subtle entertainment: one can get caught up in the intricately choreographed give-and-take of “Advise and Consent” without caring whether the nominee gets confirmed or not.” David Denby is an American film critic who writes for The New Yorker.
Go to the article at:
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2008/01/14/080114crat_atlarge_denby
G9/07-07. Posted Januar 31, 2008
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