Check out this fascinating article on the late great San Diego artist, filmmaker, and art critic Manny Farber.

When Manny Farber, local painter extraordinaire, died in 2008, he hadn’t done any writing on films for some 31 years. But the tributes for Farber the film critic came forth at a rate that surprised even his wife, Patricia Patterson, a highly accomplished artist and a collaborator on the later film writings.

“He was one of those critics who opened other critics’ eyes,” said film critic John Powers in a tribute on “Fresh Air,” the WHYY show that airs nationally on NPR stations. And the highly regarded film historian David Thomson said, in his obituary for The Guardian in England, “Manny was the first person in English who wrestled with words to arouse the feelings produced by imagery on screen.”

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