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Nothing ever seems straightforward in Venice, least of all its romances. Roger Ebert

Nothing Seems Venice Least Romances Straightforward Ever

Why has Scandinavia been producing such good thrillers? Maybe because their filmmakers can't afford millions for CGI and must rely on cheaper elements like, you know, stories and characters. Roger Ebert

Good You Characters Must Thrillers Rely Cheaper Like Know Because Been Afford Maybe Stories Producing Elements Why Millions Filmmakers

I do suspect my star ratings average too high. But, of course, star ratings are ridiculous. I'm stuck with them. Roger Ebert

Too High Ratings Stuck Course Suspect Them Average Ridiculous Star

It is not enough for a movie to be righteous. It must also be watchable. Roger Ebert

Enough Righteous Must Also Movie

But the fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday. Roger Ebert

People Rich Someday Fact Most Going

By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making a wide variety of friends, moving around traveling, I became a lot more open-minded than the heritage I was born into might have suggested. Roger Ebert

College Heritage Too Other Born More Variety Open-Minded Became Because Around Making Lot Friends Than Going Movies Moving Might Traveling Wide Things Wide Variety Suggested

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film. Roger Ebert

Class Invisible Subject America Often Movies Film

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President. Roger Ebert

Think President Bush Elected

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. Roger Ebert

People Think Idea Categorize Beyond Get

I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly. Roger Ebert

You People Opportunity Internet Criticism Giving Publish Think Enormous Boost Tell Find Self Provided Friendly Sites Film Film Criticism

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics. Roger Ebert

Politics You Old Election About Knee Since Know Well Were Been Years Praying Truman Lot Interested Daddy

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane. Roger Ebert

You Eyes Citizen Long Few Citizen Kane Some Take Takes Look Very Any Movie Cuts Kane Your Fascinating Away Hardly

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest. Roger Ebert

Interviews Bored Most Devoid Am Celebrities Celebrity Interest Utterly

A film is a terrible thing to waste. Roger Ebert

Terrible Terrible Thing Film Waste Thing

In the world of acting, many are thin but few are talented. Roger Ebert

World Few Talented Acting Many Thin

It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.' Roger Ebert

Rare Hell Consequences Says Broke Find Goes Film

It's the same the world over. A Hollywood production comes to town, and the locals all turn movie crazy. Roger Ebert

Crazy World Over Town Same Movie Turn Hollywood Production

In Hollywood, 'under development' means 'all I have is the title.' Roger Ebert

Development Title Hollywood Means

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. Roger Ebert

Age Women Few Think Attract Cameron Cameron Diaz Up Susan Shop Lovers Younger Certain Certain Age Who Actress Set

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. Roger Ebert

Life Beautiful Natural World Gone Living Ancient Evolved Miraculous Something Wrong Itself Where Process Used Manufacturing Things

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. Roger Ebert

Good Money Sometimes Wife Value Dinner Party Guests Dinner Party Entertaining Invite Discussing Expected Which Shorthand Use Who

We think of first love as sweet and valuable, a blessed if hazardous condition. Roger Ebert

Love Valuable First Blessed Sweet Think Hazardous First Love Condition

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject - unless there is a sequel, which is unlikely, because at the end, the Lincolns are on their way to the theater. Roger Ebert

All but a very few of us are in debt. We exist as entities who borrow money and spend the rest of our lives making interest payments on a debt tally that never seems to budge. Whatever wealth we have, in labor, property or cash, is suctioned to the top. Roger Ebert

Property Money Wealth Rest Few Whatever Our Spend Top Our Lives Borrow Cash Seems Entities Never Making Exist Debt Very Labor Interest Us Payments Who Lives

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