Richard Schickel
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Richard Schickel | |
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | |
Died | February 18, 2017 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 84)
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Alma mater | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Years active | 1960–2015 |
Richard Warren Schickel (February 10, 1933 – February 18, 2017) was an American
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 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
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
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 InstituteBook 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)
- 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 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,Emmynominated
- 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
- 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)
DVD commentaries
- The Big Red One
- The Big Trail
- City for Conquest
- Dirty Harry
- La Dolce Vita
- Double Indemnity
- East of Eden
- 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)
References
- ISBN 9780066213934.
- ^ Schickel, Richard (April–May 2006). "My Milwaukee". American Heritage. Vol. 57, no. 2.
- ^ "Richard Schickel Biography (1933-)". www.filmreference.com.
- 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard Schickel.
- Official website (archived in 2015)
- Richard Schickel at IMDb
- 1989 audio interview with Richard Schickel Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at Wired for Books by Don Swaim