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Roger Ebert is the best-known film critic of our time. He has been
reviewing films for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and was the
first film critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. He has appeared on
television for four decades, including twenty-three years as cohost
of Siskel & Ebert at the Movies.
In 2006, complications from thyroid cancer treatment resulted in
the loss of his ability to eat, drink, or speak. But with the loss
of his voice, Ebert has only become a more prolific and influential
writer. And now, for the first time, he tells the full, dramatic
story of his life and career.
Roger Ebert's journalism carried him on a path far from his nearly
idyllic childhood in Urbana, Illinois. It is a journey that began
as a reporter for his local daily, and took him to Chicago, where
he was unexpectedly given the job of film critic for the Sun-Times,
launching a lifetime's adventures.
In this candid, personal history, Ebert chronicles it all: his
loves, losses, and obsessions; his struggle and recovery from
alcoholism; his marriage; his politics; and his spiritual beliefs.
He writes about his years at the Sun-Times, his colorful newspaper
friends, and his life-changing collaboration with Gene Siskel. He
remembers his friendships with Studs Terkel, Mike Royko, Oprah
Winfrey, and Russ Meyer (for whom he wrote Beyond the Valley of the
Dolls and an ill-fated Sex Pistols movie). He shares his insights
into movie stars and directors like John Wayne, Werner Herzog, and
Martin Scorsese.
This is a story that only Roger Ebert could tell. Filled with the
same deep insight, dry wit, and sharp observations that his readers
have long cherished, this is more than a memoir-it is a singular,
warm-hearted, inspiring look at life itself.
"I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have
done something to make others a little happier, and something to
make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.
To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is
where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world.
That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our
circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy
I lived long enough to find it out."
-from LIFE ITSELF
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