The critic's guidebook: conversations, advice and models for young, aspiring film critics

This thesis is a compilation of interviews with eight working film critics, presented in consecutive order: Michael Phillips, Keith Uhlich, Peter Labuza, Peter Rainer, Manohla Dargis, Kenneth Turan, Claudia Puig and Keith Phipps. In a series of articles, transcribed Q&A’s and annotated movie reviews, I offer a collection of takeaways by which young, aspiring film critics can learn to improve and find their way in the industry of film criticism. Each interview explores the film critic’s craft, philosophy, advice for younger critics, and outlook on both the professional discipline of criticism and of the film industry more broadly. The reviews are written by myself, but are annotated utilizing direct feedback from each of the critics interviewed. They are intended as an example of the working critic’s ideas and advice in practice and a window into the reviewing and editing thought process in 2016.

本学位论文汇编了八位在职电影影评人的访谈内容，按先后顺序排列依次为：迈克尔·菲利普斯（Michael Phillips）、基思·乌利希（Keith Uhlich）、彼得·拉布扎（Peter Labuza）、彼得·莱纳（Peter Rainer）、曼霍拉·达吉斯（Manohla Dargis）、肯尼思·图兰（Kenneth Turan）、克劳迪娅·皮格（Claudia Puig）以及基思·菲普斯（Keith Phipps）。本研究通过一系列文章、转录问答实录以及带注释的电影影评，整理汇编了诸多实操心得，以供有志于从事影评行业的年轻影评人学习提升，并帮助他们在影评行业中找准方向。每篇访谈均围绕影评人的创作技艺、创作理念、对年轻影评人的建言，以及影评专业领域与整体电影产业的行业生态与发展前景展开探讨。本部分影评均由笔者撰写，注释则依托每位受访影评人的直接反馈完成。这些带注释的影评旨在展现在职影评人的创作理念与实操建言，并为读者管窥2016年影评撰写与编辑的思维过程提供窗口。