Scott revealed that he has a negative review from famed film critic Pauline Kael of his 1982 science fiction epic "Blade Runner" on display in his office. Scott explained that Kael "destroyed ...

the searing reception to Blade Runner back in 1982, courtesy of renowned New Yorker critic Pauline Kael. He recounted the sting in detail: It was four pages of destruction. I never met her.

Pauline Kael’s most famous work for The New Yorker, her celebrated review of “Bonnie and Clyde,” from October, 1967, was the second piece she ever wrote for the magazine. The first ...