CNN Life Itself January 5, 2015 02:28:00
Definitive mainstream film critic in american letters. >> he made it possible for a bigger audience, wider audience to appreciate cinema as an art form. because he really loved it. really, really loved films. and he did not get caught up in certain ideologies about what cinema should be. >> after winning the prize, if he had minded to go to the new york times, he could have done that, boston globe, l.a. times, no problem. >> ben bradley, editor for washington post of watergate fame, went after roger hard. offered him the sun and the moon, ebert just kept saying no. and he said, i'm not going t...