Terrible sad day for movies lovers to hear the news that Roger Ebert is no longer with us. I’ve got the pleasure and honour to met him once in 2000 at the Toronto International Film Festival. He was pleasant, nice, and larger than life. I remember in one screening, a volunteer had no idea who he was and didn’t let him get into the theatre for a screening which got him quite upset. I think they eventually figured out who Ebert was and let him in.
I love how Ebert writes about movies and can bring out things that I miss even though sometimes our tastes are not quite the same.
Goodbye Ebert. I know wherever you are, they will be playing movies you love non-stop.
“Roger Ebert dead at 70 after battle with cancer” Apr 4th, 2013, Chicago Sun-Times obituary
EW, “Werner Herzog on Roger Ebert, ‘the good soldier of cinema’ — EXCLUSIVE”
I then read these two pieces by Ebert, “A letter to Werner Herzog: In praise of rapturous truth” and “review of Encounters at the End of the World”
Apr 5th, 2013 update:
via PBS, “In this 1994 clip, Roger Ebert answered the question: What final message would you leave for future generations?”
TorStar, “For Roger Ebert, it was always about the movies: Howell”
CBC, “Roger Ebert mourned by world leaders, film industry vets”
The Hollywood Reporter, “THR’s Todd McCarthy Remembers Roger Ebert“
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