What She Said: The Art Of Pauline Kael
Directed by
Rob Garver
The New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael battled to make her mark – fueled by brilliance, unshakable self-confidence, a complicated past, and a deep love of the arts. With over 40 new interviews and never-before seen archival material, WHAT SHE SAID is an unvarnished portrait of a pioneer who was both admired and resented for what she said about art in an era of great moviemaking.
Cast
- Pauline Kael
- Alec Baldwin
- John Boorman
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Molly Haskell
- Greil Marcus
- "To see Rob Garver's affectionate documentary about Kael's career is to be once again swept away by the excitement of cinema as she experienced it."
- "Garver's film is above all a celebration of the pleasure of intellectual and emotional response to art... and a picture of a style of thinking that might be seen as distinctively but non-stereotypically female."
- ""What She Said" pays fitting homage, not just to a great writer but to a vanished age."
- "This is a richly compelling work, one that makes you yearn to watch more films and to understand why we need them."
- "An exquisitely crafted documentary about the woman who was arguably the greatest movie critic who ever lived..."
Awards & Recognition
Winner
Outstanding Documentary Feature
Tallgrass Int'l. Film Festival
Outstanding Documentary Feature
Tallgrass Int'l. Film Festival
Nominated
C.I.C.A.E. Award
Berlin Int'l. Film Festival
C.I.C.A.E. Award
Berlin Int'l. Film Festival
Nominated
Best Documentary Feature Film
Edinburgh Int'l. Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature Film
Edinburgh Int'l. Film Festival
Nominated
Best Documentary
Cleveland Int'l. Film Festival
Best Documentary
Cleveland Int'l. Film Festival
Nominated
Best Documentary
Miami Film Festival
Best Documentary
Miami Film Festival
Official Selection
Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival
Official Selection
Doc NYC
Doc NYC