Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel | |
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Born | Richard Warren Schickel (1933-02-10)February 10, 1933 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | February 18, 2017(2017-02-18) (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Film historian, journalist, author, film critic, filmmaker, writer, documentarian |
Nationality | American |
Subject | Film |
Years active | 1960–2017 |
Richard Warren Schickel (February 10, 1933 – February 18, 2017) was an American film historian, journalist, author, documentarian, and film and literary critic. He was a film critic for Time magazine from 1965–2010, and also wrote for Life magazine and the Los Angeles Times Book Review. His last writings about film were for Truthdig.
He was interviewed in For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009). In this documentary film he discusses early film critics Frank E. Woods, Robert E. Sherwood, and Otis Ferguson, and tells of how, in the 1960s, he, Pauline Kael, and Andrew Sarris, rejected the moralizing opposition of the older Bosley Crowther of The New York Times who had railed against violent movies such as Bonnie and Clyde (1967). In addition to film, Schickel also critiqued and documented cartoons, particularly Peanuts.[1]
Contents
1 Personal life
2 Honors
3 Books
4 Documentaries
5 DVD commentaries
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Personal life
Schickel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Helen (née Hendricks) and Edward John Schickel.[2][3]
Schickel died on February 18, 2017 in Los Angeles after suffering multiple strokes eight days after his 84th birthday.[4]
Honors
Schickel received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. He has also lectured at Yale University and University of Southern California's School of Film and Television.
Books
The World of Carnegie Hall (1960)
The Stars (1962)
The Gentle Knight (1964)
Movies: The history of an art and an institution (1964)
The World of Goya, 1746–1828 (1968)
The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney (1968); revised editions: 1984, 1997
The Museum (1970)
Second Sight: Notes on Some Movies 1965–1970 (1972)
His Picture In The Papers: A Speculation on Celebrity in America Based on the Life of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (1974)
Harold Lloyd: The Shape of Laughter (1974)
The World of Tennis (1975)
Douglas Fairbanks: The First Celebrity (1976)
Another I, Another You: A Novel (1978)
Singled Out: A civilized guide to sex and sensibility for the suddenly single man—or woman (1981)
Cary Grant: A Celebration (1983)
D.W. Griffith: An American Life (1984); British Film Institute Book Prize, 1985
Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity (1985) (aka Common Fame: The Culture of Celebrity); revised 2000
Lena by Lena Horne and Richard Schickel
James Cagney: A Celebration (1986)
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ISBN 0-316-77307-7
Striking Poses: Photographs from the Kobal Collection (1987)
Carnegie Hall: The First One Hundred Years by Richard Schickel and Michael Walsh (1987)
Schickel on Film: Encounters—Critical and Personal—With Movie Immortals (1989)
Brando: A Life in Our Times (1991)
Double Indemnity (BFI Film Classics) (1992)
Clint Eastwood: A Biography (1996)
Hollywood at Home: A Family Album 1950–1965 (1998)
Matinee Idylls: Reflections on the Movies (1999)
Good Morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip: Movies, Memory and World War II (2003)
Woody Allen: A Life in Film (2004)
Elia Kazan: A Biography (2005)
Bogie: A Celebration of the Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart (2006)
ISBN 0-312-36629-9
The Essential Chaplin: Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian (2006) (editor)
Conversations with Scorsese (2011)
Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective (2012)
Keepers: The Greatest Films - and Personal Favorites - of a Moviegoing Lifetime (2015)
Documentaries
The Harryhausen Chronicles (1998, writer and director), PBS
The Men Who Made the Movies (1973), eight-part series, PBS, Emmy nominated
Life Goes to the Movies (1976), NBC, Emmy nominated
Funny Business (1977), CBS
The Making of Star Wars (1977, writer)
The Horror Show (1978), CBS
Into the Morning: Willa Cather's America (1978), PBS
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980, writer), PBS
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1982), PBS
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (1983, writer) PBS
Minnelli on Minnelli (1987), PBS, Emmy nominated
Cary Grant: A Celebration (1988), ABC
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend (1989), TNT
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990), TNT
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991), TNT
Eastwood & Co: Making Unforgiven (1992), ABC
Hollywood on Hollywood (1993), AMC
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey (1994), AMC, Emmy nominated
Shooting War: World War II Combat Cameramen (2000), ABC, Emmy nominated
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008), three-part series, PBS
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
DVD commentaries
- The Big Red One
- The Big Trail
- City for Conquest
- Dirty Harry
- La Dolce Vita
- Double Indemnity
- East of Eden
El Dorado, with actor Edward Asner and author Todd McCarthy
Gentleman's Agreement, with actresses Celeste Holm and June Havoc
- Gilda
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Hangover Square
The Hustler, with actor Paul Newman, film historian Jeff Young, and other participants
Leave Her to Heaven, with actor Darryl Hickman
- The Mark of Zorro
On the Waterfront, with Elia Kazan biographer Jeff Young- Once Upon a Time in America
- Pin Up Girl
- The Purple Heart
- Rebecca
Rio Bravo, with filmmaker John Carpenter
Ryan's Daughter, with director David Lean's wife Lady Sandra Lean, actress Sarah Miles, and other participants- Side Street
Somebody Up There Likes Me, with director Robert Wise, actors Paul Newman and Robert Loggia, and filmmaker Martin Scorsese
Strangers on a Train, with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano, Patricia Highsmith biographer Andrew Wilson, and other participants- Sudden Impact
- Titanic
- Unforgiven
- Whirlpool
See also
- Walt Disney (2015 PBS film)
References
^ Michaelis, David (2007). Schulz and Peanuts: a Biography. Harper. p. 343.
^ Schickel, Richard (April–May 2006). "My Milwaukee". American Heritage. Vol. 57 no. 2.
^ "Richard Schickel Biography (1933-)". www.filmreference.com.
^ Dagan, Carmel (20 February 2017). "Richard Schickel, Influential Time Magazine Film Critic, Dies at 84".
External links
Official website (archived in 2015)
Richard Schickel on IMDb
1989 audio interview with Richard Schickel at Wired for Books by Don Swaim