Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955) by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 11 Apr 2004
Although The Night of the Hunter offers many pleasures for students of film history, its ability to captivate a generation for which its qualities are so foreign is as much an indication of how degraded film literacy has become as a counterargument to the movie’s timelessness.
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This review of The Night of the Hunter (1955) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 11 Apr 2004.
The Night of the Hunter has generally received very positive reviews.
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