Andrew Sarris Quotations

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

The Window is not without a certain visual spell that makes it a first-rate artistic achievement.

I never argue with people about movies.

There's a part of me that looks beyond everything now.

Hitchcock is the most-daring avant-garde film-maker in America today.

It is cynicism, and not idealism, that is generally the mark of youthful immaturity, or rather it is the cynic who is generally the most foolish romantic.

Lola Montes is, in my unhumble opinion, the greatest film of all time, and I am willing to stake my critical reputation, such as it is, on this one proposition above all others.

Lemon Tree is well worth seeing as a first-class artistic achievement bridging two civilizations.

Tokyo Sonata speaks to us, with feeling and passion, as one of the most eloquent statements on the world today that we are likely to see in this moviegoing year.

The emotional elevation of the film is due in no small measure to the extraordinarily engaging performances of Anne Bancroft as the wife-mother-mistress, Dustin Hoffman as the lumbering Lancelot, and Katherine Ross as his fair Elaine.