Graham said of Woody Haut's books:
"This is all in my opinion, but I felt that he elevated
secondary novels that illustrated his point while ignoring or
even trashing better novels that didn't."
Wasn't that Pauline Kael's basic objection to Andrew Sarris's
statement of the "auteur theory," that it would lead to the
valorization of a director's lesser films for displaying the
auteur's style, often at the sacrifice of substance, over
those that put the needs of the story first?
"Specifically, he mentioned that Howard Browne in THE TASTE
OF ASHES was content to focus on personal crimes instead of
"state crimes" (i.e. racism, sexism, etc.)."
And I was very content to read about those personal crimes.
One of the best.
Mark
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