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“Skateboarding is forever, and things like college and girls only ruin an endlessly savored adolescence.”

Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2006

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Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2006

This annual publication offers a detailed look at the year's cinematic offerings, including a selection of the best films, as curated by Ebert. The book includes reviews, ratings, and commentary on a wide range of movies from the previous year. more

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Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert was a renowned American film critic, born on June 18, 1942, and passed away on April 4, 2013. Known for his unique style of film criticism and profound insights into the art of cinema, he served as a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and founded the influential film review website RogerEbert.com. more

“When we go to the movies, we identify with the characters we see. That's why we go to the movies; we have a voyeuristic experience; we have an out of the body experience. The screen is more real than our thoughts are at the moment we are looking at the film and we place ourselves in the place of the people on the screen, and when they behave nobly, it makes us feel noble, when they are sad and when they have lost love, we feel sad; we can identify with that.”

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Author:Roger Ebert

“I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state.”

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Author:Roger Ebert

“One, don't wait for inspiration, just start the damned thing. Two, once you begin, keep on until the end. How do you know how the story should begin until you find out where it's going?”

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“The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb.”