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In Reply to: Ebert picks "Hoop Dreams" as best film of the 90's. Comments? posted by Ears on February 28, 2000 at 13:46:59:
I've found many,many questionable choices on Gene & Roger's Top Ten Lists dating back to 1969. While I'm in agreement about 70% of the time, they have on occasion ( both) picked some real stinkers IMHO. I agree with your thoughts on " Hoop Dreams" as well.Good , but not great.I think a lot of their( Gene& Roger's)enthusiasm for this movie was due to the fact that it dealt with two high school stars from the Chicago area.Add two Chicago movie critics and bingo....you've got the year's best movie.
He believes that the cause of the documentary film is not being served by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and therefore it is the role of the film critic to provide the publicity for worthy efforts. His perennial favorite documentary filmmaker is Earl Morris ("Gates of Heaven", "The Thin Blue Line", "Dr. Death"). "Thin Blue Line" and "Dr. Death" failed to be even nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary category. Can't remember what happened to "Hoop Dreams", but it sure didn't win an Oscar.
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