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June 18, 1942 april 4, 20 was an american film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. A memoir is as moving as it is amusing, fresh evidence that roger ebert is a writer who happens to love movies, not a movie lover who happens to write. Life itself by roger ebert original publication date. Sep 18, 2011 life itselfa memoirby roger ebert grand central. For all his fame as a movie critic on tv, eberts vocation, from his childhood, has been to be a newspaperman. The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator, roger ebert. The various cancer treatments have left him unable to speak except through a computer. Life itself is organized into short chapters that each focus on a specific theme, person, or period of ebert s life, and the result is a remarkably accessible and entertaining read, one that covers everything from ebert s childhood to his marriage to his cancer diagnosis and beyond, ultimately ending with his thoughts about death and his own. With roger ebert, chaz ebert, gene siskel, martin scorsese. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading life itself. Sep 23, 2011 interest in the site should spike higher on the strength of life itself, mr. Roger ebert has written more than a dozen books about movies.
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