the greatest film critics, and his work has had a lasting impact on the generations of critics that followed him. An appearance by Manny Farber at the San Francisco Film Festival is shown in the documentary, For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism, in which he is called "criticism's supreme stylist" and his unusual use of language is discussed by The Nation critic Stuart Klawans. Further reading Originally released by Praeger Publishers in 1971. "Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson Interviewed by Richard Thompson, 1977", Screening the Past. Tributes — Cover story for the Spring issue. Sklar praises Farber's writing and his view that "movies weren't movies anymore" but regrets that "over time his viewpoint proved unworkable as an effective career strategy." References External links 'The Elephant vs. The Termite'. 2006 UCSD MFA show at the University Art Gallery, title taken from Manny Farber's writings and inspired by his ideas on art. Jonathan Rosenbaum on Manny Farber rouge 12, 2008 A dozen of Manny Farber's classic pieces from 1940s to 1960s 1917 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters 20th-century American Jews American art critics American film critics American male painters Comics critics People from Douglas, Arizona Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design alumni Stanford University alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni University of California, San Diego faculty 21st-century American Jews 20th-century American male artists