Roger Ebert having a picture of Gene on his desk hit me in the feels and brought a tear to my eye. I miss them both.

I could listen these two talk about movies for hours! Thanks for the upload

This kind of intelligent commentary on movies was always rare but nowadays it is extremely difficult to find.

I know he probably liked Fargo, but i do remember Siskel really singing Fargos praises even loving it head and shoulders above Big Lebowski. So i cant help but think it influenced his decision

I always thought ebert was pronouncing martins name wrong but i just heard it from the man himself.

Roger bemoaning Pulp Fiction inspiring lame copycat attempts by young filmmakers who "knew the words, but not the music" is a bang on assessment. There's a risk of shallow appreciation of Pulp Fiction that can obscure the deeper themes at play.

Had Gene Siskel lived my guess is his top 10 of the 1990s would look something like this:

1. Hoop Dreams
2. Babe: Pig in the City
3. Goodfellas
4. The Thin Red Line
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
7. Schindler’s List
8. Fargo
9. Ed Wood
10. Short Cuts

Both of them throwing down solid top 10's! A rare treat to see Scorsese release a kind of ranking like this, however reductive it may be. I remember at the time, this episode allowed me to rethink my initial negative impression of The Thin Red Line. It also introduced me to Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy. That being said, no mention of:
Secrets & Lies / Life Is Sweet
Ratcatcher
Unforgiven
Jackie Brown *(although Ebert mentioned Pulp Fiction)
To Die For
Boogie Nights / Magnolia
Barton Fink / Big Lebowski *(although they both mentioned Fargo)
12 Monkeys
Eve's Bayou (in particular, not making Ebert's list, since this was his favorite of 98)

My favourite decade regarding film. And music. And sports. And everything else…

Not a bad education for great movies right here, phenomenal!

Top 10: Best Films Of The 1990's
1. Schindler's List (1993)
2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
3. Goodfellas (1990)
4. Fargo (1996)
5. Hoop Dreams (1994)
6. JFK (1991)
7. Malcolm X (1992)
8. The Thin Red Line (1998)
9. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
10. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Aside from the Red White and Blue trilogy, I've seen every film on both of their lists. Scorsese's top 4 picks were by far the most interesting and contemplative, all of them quite slow and surreal almost as if they were from another planet.

Nice video - Gene Siskel is missed here, of course - here are Siskel's #1 90s films for each year -

90 Goodfellas
91 Hearts of Darkness
92 One False Move
93 Schindler’s List
94 Hoop Dreams
95 Crumb
96 Fargo
97 Ice Storm
98 Babe Pig in the City

Shoot, Goodfellas was probably the best film of the 90’s

Goodfellas
Thin Red Line
Miller's Crossing
Fight Club
would probably be my four.

Great lists by each of them.  I could name dozens of other ones that could make it.  It was a great decade.  It's might have been a peak decade for the remnants of the 70's directors like Scorcese and Spielberg as well.  Amazing new talents blending in with the older generation.

Before watching this video, I'm just hoping Ebert picks at least 3 Scorsese movies (Age of Innocence, Goodfellas and Casino) and Scorsese picks Silence of the Lambs 😄😄😄

WITHOUT A DOUBT - GOODFELLAS & HEAT........🎞🎞🎞📽📽📽

That intro music slaps though.

Marty has constantly championed "the thin red line" such a great movie.