Awake in the dark : the best of Roger Ebert : reviews, essays, and interviews / foreword by David Bordwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ebert, Roger, Author.

Contributor:

Bordwell, David, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Reviews.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, [Illinois] ; London, [England] : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Summary:

For nearly half a century, Roger Ebert’s wide knowledge, keen judgment, prodigious energy, and sharp sense of humor made him America’s most renowned and beloved film critic. From Ebert’s Pulitzer Prize to his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, from his astonishing output of daily reviews to his pioneering work on television with Gene Siskel, his was a career in cinema criticism without peer. Arriving fifty years after Ebert published his first film review in 1967, this second edition of Awake in the Dark collects Ebert’s essential writings into a single, irresistible volume. Featuring new Top Ten Lists and reviews of the years’ finest films through 2012, this edition allows both fans and film buffs to bask in the best of an extraordinary lifetime’s work. Including reviews from The Godfather to GoodFellas and interviews with everyone from Martin Scorsese to Meryl Streep, as well as showcasing some of Ebert’s most admired essays—among them a moving appreciation of John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to the virtues of black-and-white films—Ebert’s Awake in the Dark is a treasure trove not just for fans of this era-defining critic, but for anyone desiring a compulsively readable chronicle of the silver screen. Stretching from the dramatic rise of rebel Hollywood and the heyday of the auteur to the triumph of blockbuster films such as Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark, to the indie revolution that is still with us today, Awake in the Dark reveals a writer whose exceptional intelligence and daily bursts of insight and enthusiasm helped shape the way we think about the movies. But more than this, Awake in the Dark is a celebration of Ebert’s inimitable voice—a voice still cherished and missed.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Note to the Second Edition

CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

Prologue

PART 1. INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

PART 2. THE BEST

PART 3. FOREIGN FILMS

PART 4. DOCUMENTARIES

PART 5. OVERLOOKED AND UNDERRATED

PART 6. ESSAYS AND THINK PIECES

PART 7. ON FILM CRITICISM

A Memo to Myself and Certain Other Film Critics

Epilogue: Thoughts on the Centennial of Cinema

Coda: On the Meaning of Life . . . and Movies

Appendix 1: Ten Best Lists, 1967–2012

Appendix 2: More of “The Best,” 2006–2012

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

1233040661