An artist must either give up art or develop. There are, of course, two ways of giving up: stopping altogether or taking the familiar Hollywood cours… - Pauline Kael

An artist must either give up art or develop.

Nobody really controls a production, now; the director is on his own, even if he's insecure, careless, or nuts.

Moviegoers like to believe that those they have made stars are great actors. People used to say that Gary Cooper was a fine actor — probably because when they looked in his face they were ready to give him their power of attorney.

It tackles a wonderful subject without preening, and brings it off unassertively — so unassertively that the movie is in danger of being overlooked. (Variety has already dismissed it as something "for a very limited audience.") We're getting to the point where the press assumes that movie audiences won't be willing to bring anything to a picture, and warns them off.