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From what I've read, Manny Farber seems to have been the best critic ever to write on film--or if not that, at least the best prose stylist. I've been reading NEGATIVE SPACE from the library, but the problem (as when reading old Kael reviews) is that no one has seen most of these movies: even if you've seen all the requisite classics, you probably haven't seen the once over-praised flops from almost half a century ago.

Well my question is I don't know which volume to buy, since MOVIES is a repackaged edition of NEGATIVE SPACE. Any advice?

Thanks
Ken

― kenchen, Thursday, 16 September 2004 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

My advice would be to name your kids Manny. It's the best name ever.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Thursday, 16 September 2004 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

buy the reissue of negative space - it has all of the original plus a bunch of other stuff. pretty much everything he ever wrote about movies, i'd guess, including a fantastic review of taxi driver. i love how most of his reviews can be read either as negative or positive, you're never totally sure.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 17 September 2004 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

especially the later ones with patricia patterson -- also has an interview at the back.

seeing these movies is U+K for me.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 17 September 2004 10:28 (twenty-two years ago)

okay, question number two: what's manny farber's FACES?

Sincerely,
Father of Manny Chen

― kenchen, Friday, 17 September 2004 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)

what movies does he talk about that are unavailable? i remember him talking about herzog's 'thingummy', which is hard to see.

― HKM, Friday, 17 September 2004 13:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Trish=funny.

― Rabin the Cat (Rabin the Cat), Friday, 17 September 2004 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

three years pass...

RIP

http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006525.html

― Dr Morbius, Monday, 18 August 2008 18:27 (eighteen years ago)

I didn't know whether he was alive or dead, or what he was up to.

Negative Space is one of my favourite essay collections, and books full stop. Looking back it got me deeper and deeper into the whole matter of going to the cinema.

RIP :-(

― xyzzzz__, Monday, 18 August 2008 19:42 (eighteen years ago)

damn

― R Baez, Monday, 18 August 2008 20:38 (eighteen years ago)

RIP. He's one of the only film critics I've liked more after re-reading him.

― C0L1N B..., Monday, 18 August 2008 20:52 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, for some reason I thought he was already dead, but RIP.

― Eric H., Tuesday, 19 August 2008 00:29 (eighteen years ago)

Haven't read much by him but was only reading about him and looking into his books just last month. I think I was surprised to find out he was still alive when I saw his wikipedia.

― Cunga, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 03:47 (eighteen years ago)

RIP

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 13:12 (eighteen years ago)

I saw him at the Walter Reade Theater 2-3 years ago, postscreening discussion. He was obviously laboring to express what he wanted to say.

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 16:11 (eighteen years ago)

Well of course.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 18:37 (eighteen years ago)

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