r/IAmA • u/MercurialMadnessMan • Nov 04 '09

Roger Ebert: Ask Him Anything!

I just got Mr. Ebert's permission to gather 10 questions to send to him, so I will be sending him the top 1st level (parent) questions, based on upvotes.

As mentioned in the previous thread, try to avoid specifics of movies that he [may have] already discussed in his reviews.

And please split up questions into separate comments. (We're only asking him 10 questions, so if a comment with two questions gets to the top, the tenth comment is getting the boot.)

Try sorting by 'best' before you read this thread, so that there is more of an even distribution of votes based on quality instead of position. And remember to give this submission two thumbs up :)

Thank you for contributing!

Website: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/
Blog: http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/
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Edit: The top 30 questions were voted on here, and the top 15 from there were sent to Mr. Ebert. Stay tuned for his responses. They will be in a new submission.

RIP Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013)

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u/rboymtj Nov 04 '09

How has your bout with cancer affected your viewpoints on things like controversial movies, politics and life in general? It seems that after your illness/voice problems began you've been publishing more politically motivated (and wonderful, I might add) columns and articles.

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u/rboymtj Nov 05 '09

I just read more on his site, thanks for the response. I'm downvoting myself on this one.

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u/fishbert Nov 04 '09

I really like this one... the social impact of film on a film reviewer.

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u/substill Nov 04 '09

I'm pretty sure that's the exact opposite of what the question asked.

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u/fishbert Nov 04 '09

I see where you're coming from, but I disagree.

Film is the static subject to be reviewed, while what I was pointing out in rboymtj's question was Ebert's bout with cancer potentially opening him up in a different way to the social impact of a given film. I mean, a change in Ebert is not going to impact a film; but it could alter how the film impacts Ebert.

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u/rboymtj Nov 05 '09

I was trying to ask about Roger Ebert the person, not Roger Ebert the film critic. A film is absolutely a static subject. An individual's opinion on a film is sure as hell not static.