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So Long
I've been reading your column ever since moving to San Diego 20 years ago. As others have said, it was the best part of the Reader. I wasn't so interested in the question of whether or not I'd agree with you, especially since I never saw so many of the films that you reviewed (and thanks for letting me know that it was safe to skip so many of them, and unsafe, at least for my emotional state, to attend). Instead, I loved your writing. Not just the devastating bits (which so often made my laugh out loud), but also your expressions of deep cinephilia, and the overall sensibility you conveyed. When you cared about something (or someone -- I remember how moving you were on Manny Farber), you were able to make me care. Just a pleasure to read, every week (except when you were unaccountably missing). Which is not to say, of course, that I didn't learn about movies from you. I thought of specific films, and think of films in general, in new ways because of you, and I learned about, and went to see, wonderful films that I'd have never known about if not for you. Your departure from the Reader is a great loss, and you'll be missed. I don't suppose there's any point in asking you to reconsider? All the best, and thanks so much for everything!— November 12, 2010 10 p.m.