Roger Ebert was the consummate film critic, journalist and screenwriter.
He was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, and the first to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He lost his fight with cancer today… but he won’t be forgotten. Not by me.
Something he wrote is particularly important and memorable (for me):
“‘Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs, no need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”
That pretty much says it all… except that he’ll be joining up with his old sidekick Gene Siskel again.
“Two thumbs up”, sir.
