| 词条 | Vincent Canby |
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| name = Vincent Canby | image = Vincent Canby portrait.jpg | caption = Canby in 1977 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|7|27|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|10|15|1924|7|27|mf=yes}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S. | occupation = Critic, writer | alma_mater = Dartmouth College | partner = Penelope Gilliatt }}Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000. He reviewed more than one thousand films during his tenure there.[1] Early lifeCanby was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Katharine Anne (née Vincent) and Lloyd Canby.[2] He attended boarding school in Christchurch, Virginia, with novelist William Styron, and the two became friends. He introduced Styron to the works of E. B. White and Ernest Hemingway; and the pair hitchhiked to Richmond to buy For Whom the Bell Tolls.[3] After war service in the Pacific theater, he attended Dartmouth College, but didn’t graduate. CareerHe obtained his first job as a journalist in 1948 for the Chicago Journal of Commerce. In 1951, he left Chicago for New York and was employed as a film critic by Variety for six years before starting to work for The New York Times.[4] Canby was widely viewed as extremely biased in his reviews{{cn|date=February 2019}}, as he was an enthusiastic supporter of only specific styles of filmmakers; notably Stanley Kubrick, Spike Lee, Jane Campion, Mike Leigh, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, James Ivory and Woody Allen, who credited Canby's rave review of Take the Money and Run as a crucial point in his career.[4] On the other hand, Canby was also heavily critical of some otherwise acclaimed films, such as Rocky, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Night of the Living Dead, After Hours, Blazing Saddles, A Christmas Story, Witness, Mask, The Natural, Rain Man, The Exorcist, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,[5] Deliverance, The Godfather Part II, Alien and The Thing. Among the best-known texts written by Canby was an extremely negative review of the movie Heaven's Gate by Michael Cimino. In the early 1990s, Canby switched his attention from film to theatre; he was named the chief theatre critic in 1994.[6] Canby, was also an occasional playwright and novelist, penning the novels Living Quarters (1975) and Unnatural Scenery (1979) and the plays End of the War (1978), After All (1981) and The Old Flag (1984), a drama set during the civil war. The career of Vincent Canby is discussed in the film The Story of American Film Criticism by contemporary critics such as The Nation{{'}}s Stuart Klawans, who talks of Canby's influence. Personal lifeCanby never married, but was, for many years, the companion of English author Penelope Gilliatt.[8] He died from cancer in Manhattan on October 15, 2000.[7] Almost three years later, upon the death of Bob Hope, the late Canby's byline appeared on the front page of The New York Times. Canby had written the bulk of Hope's obituary for the newspaper several years before.[8] References1. ^{{cite news|last=Canby |first=Vincent |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/ref/movies/reviews/author/rev_auth_canby/index.html |title=Vincent Canby Reviews – Best Movie Reviews – Movies – New York Times |publisher=Movies.nytimes.com |accessdate=2010-05-14}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/29/Vincent-Canby.html |title=Vincent Canby Biography (1924–2000) |publisher=Filmreference.com |accessdate=2010-05-14}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/30/arts/recalling-the-civilized-voice-of-a-critic-vincent-canby.html |title=Recalling the Civilized Voice of a Critic, Vincent Canby|last=Carvajal|first=Doreen|date=November 11, 2000|work=The New York Times|accessdate=February 21, 2011}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9402EFDF1439EF3BBC4152DFBE668382679EDE |title=Take the Money and Run (1969) |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Vincent |last=Canby |date=August 19, 1969 |access-date=25 February 2019 |publisher=The New York Times Company |archive-url=http://archive.is/cR9l |archive-date=15 July 2012}} 5. ^{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=John |url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B02E4DE123EE334BC4A51DFB767838D669EDE |title=Film: 'Rocky,' Pure 30's Make-Believe |newspaper=NY Times |access-date=14 May 2010 |date=22 November 1976 |publisher=The New York Times Company}} 6. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/16/nyregion/vincent-canby-prolific-film-and-theater-critic-for-the-times-is-dead-at-76.html |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Vincent Canby, Prolific Film and Theater Critic for The Times, Is Dead at 76 |date=October 16, 2000 |access-date=25 February 2019 |first=Janet |last=Maslin |author-link=Janet Maslin |publisher=The New York Times Company |page=6}} 7. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/oct/17/guardianobituaries.filmnews |title=Obituary: Vincent Canby |last=Malcolm |first=Derek |author-link=Derek Malcolm |date=October 17, 2000 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=October 15, 2010 |location=London |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/28/obituaries/28WIRE-HOPE.html |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Bob Hope, Comedic Master and Entertainer of Troops, Dies at 100 |date=July 28, 2003 |access-date=25 February 2019 |first=Vincent |last=Canby |publisher=The New York Times Company |archive-url=http://archive.is/cLsh |archive-date=6 September 2012}} Further reading{{refbegin}}
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