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\u201cA<\/strong>rt is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Roger Ebert<\/strong>, American journalist & film critic<\/p>\n

From Ebert’s response to the question \u201cIn facing your own mortality, what final message would you leave for future generations?\u201d in \u201c11th Hour \u201cRoger Ebert\u201d (1994) Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO; The 11th Hour<\/em>, Samuel A. Safarian & KBDI-TV, online via Colorado Public Television, video.cpt12.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Address to live & television audience. Ebert is discussing the greater need for empathy. Transcript via Repeat Right.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cArt, is of course, many things but I believe its most important role is to give form to emotion and then to communicate it from one person to another. We will always be trapped within ourselves, but we can, however, usually understand something about how those closest to us feel \u2013 our relatives, the people we are married to, our families \u2013 we can identify with them, but what about the others? What about those born to other tribes? I believe art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201c11th Hour \u201cRoger Ebert\u201d (4 April 2013) Colorado Public Television: http:\/\/video.cpt12.org\/video\/2364991008\/<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cKindness\u201d covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Roger Ebert<\/strong>, American journalist & film critic<\/p>\n

\u201cGo Gentle into that Good Night\u201d (2 May 2009) Roger Ebert\u2019s Journal<\/em>, reposted 8 April 2016 with note from Chaz Ebert; online via Robert Ebert\u2019s Journal, www.rogerebert.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Essay.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cKindness\u201d covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out.<\/span> I believe that if, at the end of it all, 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\u2019t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: \u201cGo Gentle into that Good Night\u201d (2 May 2009) Roger Ebert\u2019s Journal: http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/rogers-journal\/go-gentle-into-that-good-night<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cNo good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Roger Ebert<\/strong>, American journalist & film critic<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Best of Youth\u201d (31 March 2005) Review of the motion picture The Best of Youth<\/em> [original print source not cited]; reprint via Roger Ebert.com, www.rogerebert.com\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Excerpt from first paragraph of Ebert\u2019s review of the movie The Best of Youth<\/em> \u2013 screenplay by Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery review of The Best of Youth<\/em> begins with the information that it is six hours long. No movie is too long, just as no bad movie is short enough.<\/span> I dropped outside of time and was carried along by the narrative flow; when the film was over, I had no particular desire to leave the theater, and would happily have stayed another three hours.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cThe Best of Youth\u201d (31 March 2005) online via RogerEbert.com: https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-best-of-youth-2005<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cOf what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Roger Ebert<\/strong>, American journalist & film critic<\/p>\n

Movie review, \u2018\u201cTalk Radio\u2019 broadcasts a dark, intense message\u201d (19 January 1989) \u201cEbert and the Movies\u201d [syndicated column], The Indianapolis News<\/em>, Indianapolis, Indiana, p. D-3, column 6; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Final lines of Ebert\u2019s review of Talk Radio<\/em>, a motion picture based on a play by Eric Bogosian]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThese days, a lot of people are opposed to the newfound popularity of \u201ctrash television,\u201d and no doubt they are right and the hosts of these shows are shameless controversy-mongers. But at least they are not intimidated. Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?<\/span>\u201d (p. D-3, column 6)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e53fbb-1762″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u201cTalk Radio broadcasts a dark, intense message\u201d (19 January 1989) The Indianapolis News; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/312939063\/?terms=%22Of%2Bwhat%2Buse%2Bis%2Bfreedom%2Bof%2Bspeech%2Bto%2Bthose%2Bwho%2Bfear%2Bto%2Boffend%3F%22<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Roger Ebert <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n