“One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doin…” — Roger Ebert

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.

One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines.