The following part of your post intrigue me, Gene. In what way
was Langlois the enemy of "academics and critics"?
I always thought that he did a great deal to nurture the young
critics-who-really-wanted-to-be-directors (Godard, Truffaut, et al.)
that eventually became the New Wave.
And did he not get along with film academics? How so?
Langlois believed with all his heart that every film must be preserved and be
seen. He was the enemy of bureaucrats, academics and critics, although he
co-existed with and often admired all three. He built the world's greatest