Tampa Film Fan

five questions with local film critic bob ross

Bob Ross, film critic for the Tampa Tribune, took a brief break from working on a deadline earlier this week to play a quick round of Five Questions:

1. What’s the last movie you’ve seen?

Mission: Impossible III (this morning). (TFF note: this was a few days ago.)

2. What movies have meant the most to you (and why)?

All of them. The good ones because they make my life more enjoyable. The bad ones because if they didn’t exist no one would need a movie critic.

3. What movies could you watch again and again without getting tired of them?

The Godfather. Singin’ in the Rain. Repo Man. Shakes the Clown. Casablanca. Citizen Kane. Rock ‘n’ Roll High School. A Hard Day’s Night. Lawrence of Arabia.

4. If you could meet any film character, who would it be?

John Lennon from A Hard Day’s Night.

5. If you could meet any filmmaker, who would it be?

Living: Martin Scorsese. Dead: Orson Welles.