For a while in the twenties and thirties, art was talked about as a substitute for religion; now B movies are a substitute for religion.
Pauline KaelMoviemaking is so male-dominated now that they think theyโre being pro-feminine when they have women punching each other out.
Pauline KaelIn a foreign country people don't expect you to be just like them, but in Los Angeles, which is infiltrating the world, they don't consider that you might be different because they don't recognize any values except their own. And soon there may not be any others.
Pauline KaelAt the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us its real face and how ugly it was in order to sensitize us to its horrors. You don't have to be very keen to see that they are now in fact desensitizing us.
Pauline Kael