Pauline Kael

 "Robert Aldrich may be laughing all the way to the bank, but I'm not cheering him on his way. The movie has one great asset: Bette Davis in a monstrous self-parody that, like the last screen performances of John Barrymore, triumphs over what to a lesser performer would be a humiliation."

-- Pauline Kael, Film Quarterly, Summer 1963

Robert Aldrich

Somewhere, director Robert Aldrich has been quoted something to the effect that Davis is the greatest cinematic genius he worked with, including not only her acting but her technical knowledge of things like lighting. I'm still looking for the quote...

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