RIP, Andrew Sarris

[paul secor]

NY Times Obituary

He was my favorite film critic and his writings helped introduce me to the world of film.

Thanks for everything, Mr. Sarris.

Edited June 21, 2012 by paul secor

[brownie]

I used to read his reviews on films back in the good old Village Voice days!

Excellent critic! Sad to hear he passed away!

[rostasi]

Stopped reading the Voice when he and a few others left the paper.

Made film interesting - even to those of us who weren't interested.

[mjzee]

To my mind, he was everything a reviewer should be: lucid, opinionated, comprehensive, with a great knowledge of his subject, and a great word stylist. He contributed a lot to my knowledge of cinema, and will be missed. RIP.

[PHILLYQ]

He changed film criticism. I also used to read his reviews in the Village Voice and enjoyed them greatly. RIP

[jlhoots]

What everyone else said.

R.I.P.

[CraigP]

  On 6/21/2012 at 12:58 PM, rostasi said:

Made film interesting - even to those of us who weren't interested.

Well put. He was a joy to read.

[medjuck]

I used to say Pauline Kael told people what to think, Andrew Sarris told them how to think.

I did a radio show with him once and was surprised how mild mannered he was. In print he was ferocious, in person he was sweet and gentle.

[fasstrack]

I read him in the Voice too. A lot of fuss about auters and such and much ado over Woody Allen... He was married to a film critic, can't remember which one. I honestly don't remember his writing all these years later-but I know he was a serious student of film, esp. welcome compared to the likes of Rex Reed and Stewart Klein (he was on WNEW TV in NY, and pretty powerful though clueless). And the VV was comparatively liberal w/space so the writers could develop their themes. It was a great publication w/very impassioned and talented writers on board up through the mid-80s, and he rode that crest.