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American film scholar
Richard Schickel
Schickel in 2000
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 critic historian filmmaker Alma mater
University of Wisconsin-Madison Years active 1960–2015
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 from 1965–2010, and also wrote for
Life 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, 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 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]
Personal life
Schickel was born in
Milwaukee , Wisconsin, the son of Helen (née Hendricks) and Edward John Schickel.
[2]
[3] He received his
B.A. in political science from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1955.
[4]
Schickel had two daughters. Following a series of strokes, he died in Los Angeles on February 18, 2017, eight days after his 84th birthday.
[5]
Honors
Schickel received a
Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. He 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)
The Men Who Made The Movies (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)
Gary Cooper (1986)
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)
Clint [Eastwood] A Retrospective (2010)
Conversations with
Scorsese (2011)
Steven Spielberg : A Retrospective (2012)
Keepers: The Greatest Films - and Personal Favorites - of a Moviegoing Lifetime (2015)
Documentaries
The Men Who Made the Movies (1973), eight-part series,
[6]
PBS ,
Emmy nominated
Into the Morning:
Willa Cather 's America (1975)
Life Goes to the Movies (writer, 1976),
NBC , Emmy nominated
The Making of Star Wars (writer, 1977),
ABC
Funny Business (1978),
CBS
The Horror Show (1979), CBS
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (writer, 1980), CBS
James Cagney : That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981), PBS
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (writer, 1983), PBS
Minnelli on Minnelli:
Liza Remembers
Vincente (1987), PBS, Emmy nominated
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of
James Bond (writer, 1987), ABC
Cary Grant : A Celebration of a Leading Man (writer, 1988), ABC
Gary Cooper : American Life, American Legend (1989),
TNT
Myrna Loy : So Nice to Come Home to (1991), 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 (1995), AMC, Emmy nominated
Eastwood on Eastwood (1997)
The
Harryhausen Chronicles (1998), PBS
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars : America's Greatest Screen Legends (writer, 1999), CBS
AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs : America's Funniest Movies (writer, 2000), CBS
Shooting War:
World War II Combat Cameramen (2000), ABC, Emmy nominated
Woody Allen : A Life in Film (2002),
TCM
The Men Who Made the Movies:
Samuel Fuller (2002), TCM
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
Scorsese on Scorsese (2004), TCM
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005), TCM
Spielberg on Spielberg (2007), TCM
Cannes : All Access (2007)
Ron Howard : 50 Years in Film (2008), TCM
You Must Remember This: The
Warner Bros. Story (2008), three-part series, PBS
The Eastwood Factor (2010)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)
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
References
^ Michaelis, David (2007).
Schulz and Peanuts: a Biography . Harper. p.
343 .
ISBN
9780066213934 .
^ Schickel, Richard (April–May 2006).
"My Milwaukee" .
American Heritage . Vol. 57, no. 2.
^
"Richard Schickel Biography (1933-)" . www.filmreference.com .
^ Roberts, Sam (February 21, 2017).
"Richard Schickel, Movie Critic, Author and Filmmaker, Dies at 84" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved September 27, 2023 .
^ Dagan, Carmel (February 20, 2017).
"Richard Schickel, Influential Time Magazine Film Critic, Dies at 84" .
^ Each part of the series is dedicated to a director:
Frank Capra ,
George Cukor ,
Howard Hawks ,
Alfred Hitchcock ,
Vincente Minnelli ,
King Vidor ,
Raoul Walsh ,
William A. Wellman .
External links
International National Academics Other