"The screenplay is so well-written in a scruffy,……" — Roger Ebert
"The screenplay is so well-written in a scruffy, fanzine way that you want to rub noses in it - the noses of those zombie writers who take 'screenwriting' classes that teach them the formulas for 'hit films.'"
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269 Quotes by Roger Ebert
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Because of the rush of human knowledge, because of the digital revolution, I have a voice, and I do not…
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I wear a pedometer, a little device that counts every step. It works as a goad, because you walk additional…
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Never marry anyone you could not sit next to during a three-day bus trip.
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What in the world is a leave of presence? It means I am not going away,
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Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.
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We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter…
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I will one day be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of The Brown Bunny.
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Start. Don’t look back. If at the end it doesn’t meet your hopes, start again. Now you know more about…
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Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs.
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The movie Ed Wood, about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for Stargate.
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To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.
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Mad Dog Time is the first movie I have seen that does not improve on the sight of a blank…
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Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed…
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The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.
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