Rex Reed
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Rex Taylor Reed (born October 2, 1938) is an American film critic and former co-host of the syndicated television show At the Movies. He currently writes the column "On the Town with Rex Reed" for The New York Observer.
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[edit] Life & work
Reed was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Jimmie M. Reed and Jewell Smith. His work is dismissed by some critics, while others consider him an important writer in the style of New Journalism.[1]
He has also acted occasionally, as in the movie version of Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge. Reed has also appeared in the films Inchon! and Superman. Reed was also a regular on the TV show The Gong Show in the late '70s. Reed also served on the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1971.[2] He has also guest voiced as himself on the animated series The Critic.
Reed is also good friends with gossip columnist Liz Smith.[3]
He lives at the famed Dakota apartment building, in New York City.
[edit] Controversies
[edit] Arrest
In February 2000, Reed was arrested for shoplifting after leaving a Tower Records, in Manhattan, with CDs by Mel Tormé, Peggy Lee, and Carmen McRae in his jacket pockets. Reed, who had just purchased two other CDs, says he forgot about the other 3 CDs and his offer to pay for them was refused. The charges were later dropped.[4] According to Reed, several days after the arrest Peggy Lee sent him her entire catalog of CDs, because "she was so thrilled I wanted one of her CDs enough to put myself through so much hell."[5]
[edit] Oldboy review
In a 2005 review of the South Korean movie Oldboy, Reed wrote: "What else can you expect from a nation weaned on kimchi, a mixture of raw garlic and cabbage buried underground until it rots, dug up from the grave and then served in earthenware pots sold at the Seoul airport as souvenirs?" The review was mocked by the Village Voice and others.[6]
[edit] Bibliography
- Reed, Rex (1969). Do you sleep in the nude?. London: Allen. ISBN 0-491-00043-X.
- Reed, Rex (1974). People are crazy here. New York: Delacorte Press. ISBN 0-440-07365-0.
- Reed, Rex (1977). Valentines & vitriol. New York: Delacorte Press. ISBN 0-440-09336-8.
- Reed, Rex (1987). Personal Effects. New York: Jove Books. ISBN 0-441-66220-X.
- Reed, Rex (1992). Rex Reed's Guide to Movies on TV and Video, 1992-1993. Warner Books. ISBN 0446362069.
[edit] References
- ^ "Rex Reed". Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006
- ^ Berlin International Film Festival 1971
- ^ Tribune Media Services via Buffalo News, June 9, 2006
- ^ "Rex Reed blames his arrest on fever of forgetfulness", USA Today, February 17, 2000
- ^ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 26, 2000
- ^ "Rex is Comedy",Village Voice, April 19, 2005
