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Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film critic who became the chief film critic for ''The New York Times'' in 1969 and reviewed more than 1000 films during his tenure there. ==Life and career== Canby was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Katharine Anne (née Vincent) and Lloyd Canby.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vincent Canby Biography (1924–2000) )〕 He attended a boarding school with the novelist William Styron, and the two became friends. He introduced Styron to the works of E.B. White and Ernest Hemingway, and the pair hitchhiked from their Christchurch, Virginia boarding school to Richmond, Virginia to buy Hemingway's ''For Whom the Bell Tolls''. After war service in the Pacific he attended Dartmouth College and then was employed as a film critic by ''Variety'' for six years.〔 Canby was an enthusiastic supporter of many filmmakers, notably Woody Allen, who credited Canby's rave review of ''Take The Money and Run'' as a crucial point in his career.〔("Take the Money and Run (1969)" ), ''New York Times'' review by Vincent Canby, August 19, 1969.〕 He was also heavily critical of some otherwise acclaimed films, such as ''Rocky'', ''The Empire Strikes Back'', ''Return of the Jedi'', ''Patton'', ''Night of the Living Dead'', ''Once Upon a Time in America'', ''After Hours'', ''Blazing Saddles'', ''A Christmas Story'', ''Witness'', ''Mask'', ''The Natural'', ''Rain Man'', ''The Exorcist'', ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', ''Deliverance'', ''The Godfather Part II'' and ''Alien''. In the early 1990s, Canby switched his attention from film to theatre; he was named the chief theatre critic in 1994. The career of Vincent Canby is discussed in the film ''For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism'' by contemporary critics such as ''The Nation’''s Stuart Klawans, who talks of Canby’s influence for a quarter century as America’s most prominent "make-or-break" critic, and A.O. Scott, who praises his ''New York Times'' predecessor for "always finding the right tone" in his reviews. Canby never married but was, for many years, the companion of Penelope Gilliatt.〔 He died from cancer in Manhattan, New York City on October 15, 2000. Almost three years later, upon the death of Bob Hope, the late Canby's byline appeared on the front page of the ''New York Times''. Canby had written the bulk of Hope's obituary for the newspaper several years before. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vincent Canby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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