Biografía

Was an avid user and fanatic of IMDb (Internet Movie Database).

As a result of suffering from thyroid cancer, he had to have his lower jaw removed. He lost all ability to speak, eat and drink. His legs were also weakened from unsuccessful attempts at building a new jaw from other bone and tissue. He was nourished through infusions and a tube and communicated via his computer or through signs he made with his hands. Despite all health problems, he continued to work as a movie critic.

Wrote his review of Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (2006) in first person as Garfield.

Considered Buenos muchachos (1990) the best mob movie ever made.

His top ten films of all time were: La General (1926), El Ciudadano Kane (1941), Cuentos de Tokio (1953), Vértigo (1958), La dulce vida (1960), 2001. Odisea del espacio (1968), Aguirre, la ira de Dios (1972), Apocalipsis (1979), El toro salvaje (1980) and El árbol de la vida (2011).

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear. I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip. I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris.

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough

We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls.

Old theatres are irreplaceable. They could never be duplicated at today's costs - but more importantly, their spirit could not be duplicated because they remind us of a day when going to the show was a more glorious and escapist experience. I think a town's old theatres are the sanctuary of its dreams.