Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebertwas an American film critic and historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. As of 2010, his reviews were syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and abroad. Ebert also published more than 20 books and dozens of collected reviews...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth18 June 1942
CityUrbana, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Seeing the film over and over again, year after year, I find it never grows over-familiar. It plays like a favorite musical album; the more I know it, the more I like it.
There was a bedrock of respect that developed over the years,
As someone who admired the freshness and energy of the earlier films, I was amazed, at the end of 'Episode II,' to realize that I had not heard one line of quotable, memorable dialogue.
The early years were pretty rocky, there were a lot of fights, a lot of disagreements, some edginess, ... Gradually, I think, we came to really enjoy doing this show and really respect the other guy. In recent years there was a great deal of affection and friendship.
The prevailing style in the mainstream is represented by Michael Bay. This is shorter and shorter takes and less and less dialogue.
To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.
Every great film should seem new every time you see it.
When I go to a great movie, I can live somebody else's life a little bit for a while. I can walk in somebody else's shoes. I can see what it feels like to be a member of a different gender, a different race, a different economic class, to live in a different time, to have a different belief.
Life always has an unhappy ending, but you can have a lot of fun along the way, and everything doesn't have to be dripping in deep significance.
I felt it would to add a great deal to my legend for eccentricity.
What makes people interesting is the spirit that shines through.
Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs.
The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before.
Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted.