Gene Siskel quotes
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“That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.”
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“As a critic, I try very hard to say exactly what I think. And in a medium in which we are well-known for the binary thumbs up and thumbs down, I try to be able to give the mixed review. But most pictures fall into that middle ground, so I wrestle over which way my thumb is going to turn. It's not flip.”
-- Gene SiskelSource : "Read Playboy … for the Interviews". Interview with David Sheff, www.slate.com. October 1995.
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“Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?”
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“They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald's or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in.”
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“The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life.”
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“John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.”
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“In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made.”
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“But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think.”
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“I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.”
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“A film that aims low should not be praised for hitting that target.”
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“Two things are not debatable: eroticism, and comedy. If you don't think it's sexy, or funny, there's no way I can change your mind.”
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“There is a point when a personal opinion shades off into an error of fact.”
-- Gene Siskel
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