Roger Ebert passed away today at the age 70.
Over the years, the film critic has compiled a list of the greatest films of all time.
Here they are below:
Aguirre, Wrath of God (Herzog)
Apocalypse Now (Coppola) Citizen Kane (Welles)
La Dolce Vita (Fellini)
The General (Keaton)
Raging Bull (Scorsese)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
Tokyo Story (Ozu)
The Tree of Life (Malick)
Vertigo (Hitchcock)
Ebert's most recent list from last year added Brad Pitt's "Tree of Life," removing Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Dekalog" from his previous 2002 list.
Here's what he had to say about each one:
"Aguirre, Wrath of God" (1972)
"'Aguirre' is the most evocative expression of Herzog's genius, and I admire it even more after watching him go through it a shot at a time with Ramin Bahrani a few years ago at Boulder."
"Apocalypse Now" (1979)
"Apocalypse Now" is a film which still causes real, not figurative, chills to run along my spine, and it is certainly the bravest and most ambitious fruit of Coppola's genius."
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