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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,334 |
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| Registered: March 17, 2007 | | Posts: 853 |
| | Posted: | | | | As sad as this is, he and Siskel are together again. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | One of favorite movie critics.
Long time health battle, RIP. | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,945 |
| | Posted: | | | | a realy great film critic, I did not always share his opinion, but it was always a treat to read his words.
RIP | | | | www.tvmaze.com |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,493 |
| | Posted: | | | | not only a good movie reviewer for TV and media print.. did some outstanding audio commentary on dvd's as well.. I have both Casablanca and Citizen Kane with his commentary's..
were there other DVD's as well I don't have?? | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
not only a good movie reviewer for TV and media print.. did some outstanding audio commentary on dvd's as well.. I have both Casablanca and Citizen Kane with his commentary's..
were there other DVD's as well I don't have?? Dark City. |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 823 |
| | Posted: | | | | Rest In Peace | | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | Rest? That man will not rest. He is now busy at the big theater in heaven where fortunately they only show good movies. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | I will miss his writings, greatly.
... but why do so many internet tributes about an outspoken atheist include references to heaven and an afterlife? If you wish to honor him, please honor what he expoused. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | Dude, that was a wholly unnecessary gibe. Quote:
I consider myself Catholic, lock, stock and barrel, with this technical loophole: I cannot believe in God. I refuse to call myself a atheist however, because that indicates too great a certainty about the unknowable. http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2013/03/how_i_am_a_roman_catholic.html#more | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting KinoNiki: Quote:
Dude, that was a wholly unnecessary gibe.
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I consider myself Catholic, lock, stock and barrel, with this technical loophole: I cannot believe in God. I refuse to call myself a atheist however, because that indicates too great a certainty about the unknowable.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2013/03/how_i_am_a_roman_catholic.html#more He was way more complex than that, and he really disliked others placing him in any category. I was wrong... he acted atheist, but refused to call himself that: Here. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nevertheless pretending to speak for someone else, especially one who just passed away, is not welcome and certainly not honoring. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,493 |
| | Posted: | | | | I wonder what his DVD library was like?? .. Maybe he was an Invelos member under an alias ..???
..,,,which then makes me wonder just how many of our members are celebrity moguls ??
They may not participate on the forums here .. But they may have a membership for what is the best hobby in the world .... | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | He probably only owned a few. Watching others' movies and critiquing them was his job, so he was likely always prepped for watching the next one rather than really caring about any of the old ones, moving on rather than holding on which is kind of like standing still or looking at the past. | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. | | | | Last edited: by Blair |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | I loved reading his book compilations of his Great Movies reviews. Quoting synnerman: Quote:
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not only a good movie reviewer for TV and media print.. did some outstanding audio commentary on dvd's as well.. I have both Casablanca and Citizen Kane with his commentary's..
were there other DVD's as well I don't have??
Dark City. Also, Floating Weeds. Criterion posted the first 4 minutes of his Floating Weeds commentary. The comments in the thread reminded me that Ebert also did a video introduction to The Decalogue. | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan | | | | Last edited: by m.cellophane |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,245 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
I wonder what his DVD library was like?? .. Maybe he was an Invelos member under an alias ..???
..,,,which then makes me wonder just how many of our members are celebrity moguls ??
They may not participate on the forums here .. But they may have a membership for what is the best hobby in the world .... Actually he owned thousands. On WGN, Dean Richards, an entertainment reporter/movie reviewer for WGN, visited his home and did an interview with him about a year or so ago. He was so organized that he had tabs for each letter of the alphabet on the dvd shelves. About 1:04 left on the interview it's shown. Video interview here |
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