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Andrew Sarris, a leading movie critic during a golden age for reviewers who popularized the French reverence for directors and inspired debate about countless films and filmmakers, died Wednesday. He was 83.
Andrew Sarris, a leading movie critic during a golden age for reviewers who popularized the French reverence for directors and inspired debate about countless films and filmmakers, died Wednesday. He was 83.

Andrew Sarris, a leading movie critic during a golden age for reviewers who popularized the French reverence for directors and inspired debate about countless films and filmmakers, died Wednesday. He was 83.
"'Vanessa is not the kind of actor who withdraws into some mystic trance and wanders off looking for inspiration before a scene,' said Zinnemann, who had directed her cameo as Anne Boleyn in 'A Man for All Seasons.' 'She simply comes onto the set when the camera is ready and plays the scene, and you don't even know she is acting -- she is simply BEING this other person. I have rarely worked with anyone so gifted.'