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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 15. July 9 1979

Critic Lacks Credentials

Critic Lacks Credentials

Sir,

I am most grateful to Paul Hagan for each week giving me the opportuntiy to preserve my sanity by becoming see thingly angry. I have yet to read a film review of his which suggests he has credentials to be a film critic. At the start of the year he actually had the stupidity to declare tha any film is a good film provided it achieves its aims, regardless of what those aims may be. By the same value system he doubt thinks that war comics are good literature because they succeed in entertaining puerile minds!

This week he reviewed 'Carrie' (quoting liberally from 'other' critics.) The but I knew, he had seen this film nine times, but it was only at his fifth attendance that he realised that the cars in the final street scene are driving backwards! Perhaps he should see more films five times.............

Yours,

A. B. Pointon.

P.S. I hope his literary pretentiousness is not being financed with VUWSA funds — he'll buy the tickets himself if it means getting an established column.

PPS. Watch out for funny little hats in bus queues.

PPPS. Spare us any more letters or articles from Victoria House residents, present or past.