American - Critic | June 18, 1942 - April 4, 2013
Who was the real Hitchcock? I interviewed him once and haven't a clue.
Roger Ebert
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It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.'
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It's the same the world over. A Hollywood production comes to town, and the locals all turn movie crazy.
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In Hollywood, 'under development' means 'all I have is the title.'
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Why is it that English, drama and music teachers are most often recalled as our mentors and inspirations? Maybe because artists are rarely members of the popular crowd.
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From a dramatic viewpoint, there are few professions that grant their members entry into other lives, high among them cops, doctors, clergymen, journalists and prostitutes. Perhaps that explains why they figure in so much television and cinema. Their lives are lived in the midst of human drama.
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A few actresses have all but set up shop as women of a certain age who attract younger lovers. I think of Susan Sarandon, Cameron Diaz and Isabelle Huppert.
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We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA.
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On this ancient and miraculous world, where such beautiful natural and living things have evolved, something has gone wrong when life itself is used as a manufacturing process.
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I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence.
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If you can act as if something is true, in a sense that makes it true.
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When we're discussing who to invite to a dinner party, my wife Chaz and I sometimes use the shorthand, 'good value for money,' which indicates guests expected to be entertaining.
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