Follow G4 on Twitter
X
Bit Chat: Roger Ebert
http://www.g4tv.com/articles/37894/bit-chat-roger-ebert/
Article_37894

Bit Chat: Roger Ebert

By Josh Lawrence - Posted Apr 26, 2002
If you've seen famous film critic Roger Ebert on Ebert and Roeper or read his column in the Chicago Sun-Times, you know he's a man of strong opinons. As you'll see on the show tonight, we were able to interview Ebert and get some of his opinions on technology, both as it applies to filmmaking and to computers for personal use.

The complete Roger Ebert interview

Only a small portion of Martin Sargent's full 30-minute interview with Ebert made it onto the show, but you get the rest of it in our Video Highlights section. Click on the clips to see Ebert talk about tech.

  • How it's now possible to make a full-length movie for $3,000.
  • How rotoscope animation can bring a professional quality to films shot on video (like Linklater's "Waking Life."
  • How the technical part of streaming/selling movies online is in place, but the content isn't.
  • Where to find great short films online, like 405: The Movie.
  • His love for all things Mac and hatred for all things PC.
  • Why digital projection may kill the movies.
  • How MaxiVision Cinema Technology could save the movies.
  • The different ways video and analog images are processed by the mind.
  • And much more.


If you want more Roger Ebert, you can take a look at his new book "The Great Movies" by clicking on the link below.

Add a Comment

Limit 5,000 characters | 5,000 characters remaining
Log in to Comment
Post to Facebook
Post to Facebook
AdChoices