Today the Village! Tomorrow the World!
SARRIS, Andrew. Confessions of a Cultist: On the Cinema, 1955/1969. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1970.
8vo. Original publisher's green cloth with black lettering to spine; inscription to ffep; illustrated dust jacket; pp. [vi], 480; head and tail of spine bumped with corners a little worn; slight markings to rear panel; near fine.
Dedication copy from author and Village Voice film critic to his editor and publisher, the founding editor of The Village Voice, Dan Wolf.
Andrew Sarris was one of America's most prolific film critics. He became a film critic at The Village Voice in the early 60s, his first review for the paper was of Hitchcock's Psycho. When asked towards the end of his life of the supposed decline of film criticism, he stated, "I disagree with those who say film criticism is in crisis. There might be fewer people looking for a fight….But I think as long as film-makers keep making great work … the work will resonate and we will continue to wrestle with it."
Dan Wolf founded the The Village Voice in 1955 with psychologist Edwin Fancher and author Norman Mailer. It soon became a staple of the creative community of Greenwich Village and beyond. Sarris has dedicated this copy of Confessions of a Cultist to both Wolf and Fancer. The message addressed to Dan Wolf to the ffep reads, "Dear Dan, Just a small token of my deep appreciation. And as for the Voice, today the village! Tomorrow the world! Sincerely, Andrew Sarris".
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