Andrew Sarris quote

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Cliff Burns

Sarris“In cinema, as in all art, only those who risk the ridiculous have a real shot at the sublime.”

(Andrew Sarris,  The American Cinema)

About Cliff Burns

I'm a literary writer, specializing in slipstream/ alternative/surreal/science fiction. My influences include Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, David Cronenberg, Rene Magritte, any artist who defies convention and busts open genres, attacking the status quo.
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