Review
The educated public has known for years that vanguard film theory is one part self-indulgence, two parts hoodwinking. Taylor's study shows precisely how and why the interpreters lost touch within the medium.
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Jacob M. Appel Boston Book Review )
Taylor constructs a detailed history of some of the most salient trends in Post-World War II American cinema and film criticism. . . . [His] points are well-taken and his analyses convincingly argued.
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Robert L. Cagle afterimage )
Lively, provocative reading. . . . This is a gripping saga as Taylor tells it, carefully constructed and lucidly written.
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David Sterritt Cineaste )
Greg Taylor's intriguing study of film critics takes both a discriminating and aesthetic approach to the subject. . . . An illuminating book.
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Filmbill )
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Greg Taylor's
Artists in the Audience is one of the more innovative works of cinema studies that I have read in some time. It's essential reading for anyone interested in the history and theory of film criticism, and it touches as well on important issues in art history and cultural studies.
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Robert Sklar, author of "Movie-Made America" )
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