Lloyd Kaufman vs. Pauline Kael
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Lloyd Kaufman
1945 – present
Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr. is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Alongside producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their feature films, including The Toxic Avenger (1984) and Tromeo and Juliet (1996).
"The internet is not necessarily a golden goose yet, but we must fight to keep it safe, keep it level, keep it democratic, keep it open, keep it diverse so that …"
Pauline Kael
1919 – 2001
Pauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, Kael often defied the consensus of her contemporaries.
"Movies are so rarely great art, that if we cannot appreciate great trash, we have very little reason to be interested in them."