It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius.
From Roger Ebert
I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence.
It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.
If you can act as if something is true, in a sense that makes it true.
When we're discussing who to invite to a dinner party, my wife Chaz and I sometimes use the shorthand, 'good value for money,' which indicates guests expected to be entertaining.
I've never found kicks to the groin particularly funny, although recent work in the genre of the buddy movie suggests audience research must prove me wrong.
There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom.
Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius.
I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.
We think of first love as sweet and valuable, a blessed if hazardous condition.
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