Manny Farber Quotes

I think 'Jaws' is a remarkable film.

'Cinema Paradiso' is a fantastic film, I love that.

What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.

High Noon is a pretty corny movie.

I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once.

I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original.

I thought 'Fight Club' was great as David Fincher's version.

I love 'Sunset Boulevard.' I love the writing, I love the performances, I love the camera work. I think it's a perfect movie.

Pauline Kael had seen Nashville, and she loved Nashville. When I called her, she immediately responded to me because we had become friends, and I told her how great this film was, and she told me, "Well, I'll have to see it for myself." So I showed it to her, and she flipped.

Occasionally an unsuspecting innocent will stumble into a movie like this and send me an anguished postcard, asking how I could possibly give a favorable review to such trash. My stock response is Ebert's Law, which reads: A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it.

For the movie review columns, I always knew exactly what I was going to write about - the movies.

A word on 'Kingdom of Heaven:' if you get the four-disc set, which is 3 hr. 8 min., you'll see why it's such a good movie. It was a real passion project, and it's the film I'm most proud of. I think it was treated incredibly unfairly.

It's bad enough when people are comparing your movie to just other random movies, but when you have another 'Carrie' to compare it to, it's rough.

Often a performance can be judged not by a movie's strongest moment but by its weakest, especially when it's the picture's crucial scene.

'Beloved.' That's an amazing film and I'm sorry more people didn't see it when it came out.

The score I always have on heavy repeat is 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark!'

'Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.

I forgive 'Face in the Crowd' its uneven tone because it's precisely what makes it feel unlike other Kazan movies.

'No one sits Baby in a corner,' one of the best lines in movie history.

'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.

Preston Sturges is one of my favorites. I learned about dialogue and timing from him - louder, faster, funnier. But I do love Mel Brooks.

I love Alfonso Cuaron.

George Clooney's 'Ides of March' could be the most under-appreciated movie of the year. In 20 years they're gonna go back and say, 'Oh, that was American politics in that time period.' I follow politics, I love it, and that movie is so authentic.

He likes 'Confetti,' and he doesn't like 'Star Wars.' I think that just relieves us from the burden of ever having to take Mark Kermode seriously again.

My favorite movie is 'Imitation of Life.' It's just a true love story, and it really touched me.