On Roger Eberts

Was doing an essay on Roger Eberts, a famous film critic, and I stumbled upon this page someone else (Richard Corliss) wrote about him.

"... For Roger knows that, whatever else they may be, movies are stories people tell us; and a review is a conversation the critic has with both the filmmaker and the audience about the power and plausibility of the tale. No one has done as much as Roger to connect the creators of movies with their consumers. He has immense power, and he's used it for good, as an apostle of cinema. Reading his work, or listening to him parse the shots of some notable film, the movie lover is also engaged with an alert mind constantly discovering things — discovering them to share them. That's what a great teacher does, and what Roger's done as a writer, public personality and friend to film for all these years. And, dammit, keep on doing."


Taking this film criticism at UCLA, has changed my perspective of what a film critic does and can be. at least it taught me a few things (though I wouldn't say I'm good at it yet.) What started out to be something 'messy' and 'overthought', seemed to serve some purpose after all. If people read film reviews, then it must be something.

Though, not everyone knows or thinks that. yet.

I think of my cousin, and i wish him all the very best. He shall be the best critic ever around. I know.

Someday we shall be a team.