You can find the full text of Agee's review of "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
in "Agee on Film, Volume 1" or you can find the original in the July 24,
1943 issue of "The Nation".

Jonathan Nichols-Pethick

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, mike chopra-gant wrote:

> I recently came across the following quote from a review of *For Whom The Bell Tolls*  (Sam Wood 1943), attributed to James Agee:
>
> *colour is very nice for costume pieces and musical comedies, but it still gets fatally in the way of any serious imitation of reality*
>
> The quote was cited in the write-up of the film in a television listings mag (probably Radio Times) so, apart from it's author, there was nothing to indicate the source of the original.  Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might go about finding the full text of Agee's original review?
>
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Mike Chopra-Gant
> Department of Media and Communications
> Goldsmiths College
> University of London
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