Roger Ebert Passes Away

[vivisectvi]

Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/17320958-418/roger-ebert-dies-at-70-after-battle-with-cancer.html

Roger Ebert dead: A film critic with the soul of a poet: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-roger-ebert-dead-20130404,0,602338.story

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[Smues]

I give the afterlife 3 and a half stars.

RIP

 

[King Kamala]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMlioyKsaQg

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkwVz_jK3gA

 

[Incandenza]

While it's been years since I could say I enjoyed his writings on movies, he was one of the factors in what got me interesting in taking film seriously. For that, I'll always have a fondness for him.

 

[Brocklock]

This sucks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCOf91smkXU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK4Jir_Xyes

RIP

 

[Byron The Bulb]

At least he lived long enough to see Spring Breakers.

 

[Gary]

This sucks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCOf91smkXU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK4Jir_Xyes

RIP

Don't forget

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAAEFRVQU14

 

[Smues]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTNTP_LVur4

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Roger Ebert dead: A film critic with the soul of a poet

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[Incandenza]

This bit from The Onion is surprisingly touching

 

[Precious Roy]

this bit from Howard Stern's old TV show is surprisingly touching

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPkoxox3sb0

 

[Star Ocean 2]

This letter from Ebert to Jay Mariotti is surprisingly touching

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080828/COMMENTARY/808289997

 

[Gary]

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/19279951-418/chaz-ebert-no-struggle-no-pain-just-a-quiet-dignified-transition.html

“We were getting ready to go home today for hospice care, when he looked at us, smiled, and passed away. No struggle, no pain, just a quiet, dignified transition.

 

[Just Burny]

 

[bps21]

"Mad Dog Time is the first movie I have seen that does not improve on the sight of a blank screen viewed for the same length of time. Oh, I've seen bad movies before. But they usually made me care about how bad they were. Watching Mad Dog Time is like waiting for the bus in a city where you're not sure they have a bus line."

Best ever.

 

[strummer]

Yeah, the Mad Dog Time review is the best ever. I watched that damned movie in full just because of that review.


Rog was great. I probably liked him best in the late 80s/early 90s when S & E dropped the "bad influence on kids" in their reviews and just talked about the work

 

[King Kamala]

Introducing ‘Gene and Roger’

In The Ringer’s latest podcast, the legacy of two of the most iconic American movie critics is chronicled through family, film, and more

www.theringer.com

The Ringer is doing an eight part podcast series on the lives of Siskel & Ebert.


(This seems too targeted to me!)