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A wonderful raconteur with an excellent sense of pacing, Ebert presents lighthearted ruminations on his daily routine and computer troubles alongside more serious reflection on directors such as Fellini and Coppola, screenwriters like Charles Bukowski, actors such as Isabella Rossellini and John Malkovich, the very American press agent and social maverick Billy “Silver Dollar” Baxter, and the stylishly plunging necklines of yore. He also comments on the trajectory of the festival itself and the “enormous happiness” of sitting, anonymous and quiet, in an ordinary French café. And, of course, he talks movies.    Illustrated with Ebert’s charming sketches of the festival and featuring both a new foreword by Martin Scorsese and a new postscript by Ebert about an eventful 1997 dinner with Scorsese at Cannes, Two Weeks in the Midday Sun is a small treasure, a window onto the mind of this connoisseur of criticism and satire, a man always so funny, so un-phony, so completely, unabashedly himself.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56227516219765,"sku":"9780226314433","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780226314433_1ca96426-50ff-4bff-9139-02508a0fde6e.jpg?v=1786012399"},{"product_id":"9780226182032","title":"Scorsese by Ebert","description":"Roger Ebert wrote the first film review that director Martin Scorsese ever received - for 1967's \"I Call First\", later renamed \"Who's That Knocking at My Door\" - creating a lasting bond that made him one of Scorsese's most appreciative and perceptive commentators. \"Scorsese by Ebert\" offers the first record of America's most respected film critic's engagement with the works of America's greatest living director, chronicling every single feature film in Scorsese's considerable oeuvre, from his aforementioned debut to his 2008 release, the \"Rolling Stones\" documentary \"Shine a Light\". In the course of eleven interviews done over almost forty years, the book also includes Scorsese's own insights on both his accomplishments and disappointments. Ebert has also written and included six new reconsiderations of the director's less commented upon films, as well as a substantial introduction that provides a framework for understanding both Scorsese and his profound impact on American cinema.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56228117086581,"sku":"9780226182032","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780226182032_b2f21875-3a1a-4498-b602-ce19bf298898.jpg?v=1786012331"},{"product_id":"9780767910385","title":"The Great Movies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerica’s most trusted and best-known film critic Roger Ebert presents one hundred brilliant essays on some of the best movies ever made. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Roger   Ebert, the famed film writer and critic, wrote biweekly essays for a feature   called \"The Great Movies,\" in which he offered a fresh and fervent appreciation of   a great film. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Movies\u003c\/i\u003e collects one hundred of these essays, each one of   them a gem of critical appreciation and an amalgam of love, analysis, and history   that will send readers back to that film with a fresh set of eyes and renewed enthusiasm–or   perhaps to an avid first-time viewing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEbert’s selections range widely across genres,   periods, and nationalities, and from the highest achievements in film art to justly   beloved and wildly successful popular entertainments. Roger Ebert manages in these   essays to combine a truly populist appreciation for our most important form of popular   art with a scholar’s erudition and depth of knowledge and a sure aesthetic sense.   Wonderfully enhanced by stills selected by Mary Corliss, the film curator at the Museum   of Modern Art, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Movies \u003c\/i\u003eis a treasure trove for film lovers of all persuasions,   an unrivaled guide for viewers, and a book to return to again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Great   Movies\u003c\/i\u003e includes: \u003ci\u003eAll About Eve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe   Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Dolce Vita\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Waterfront\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe   Seventh Seal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweet Smell of Success\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Third Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wizard   of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand eighty-five more films.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294827458933,"sku":"9780767910385","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780767910385_962ac886-bea7-40c0-8fda-49b31c40cca2.jpg?v=1786032820"},{"product_id":"the-great-movies-iv","title":"The Great Movies IV","description":"Now in paperback, the fourth—and final—collection of Roger Ebert’s essays, comprising sixty-two reviews of films ranging from the silent era to the recent past. No film critic has ever been as influential—or as beloved— as Roger Ebert. Over more than four decades, he built a reputation writing reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times and, later, arguing onscreen with rival Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel and, later, Richard Roeper about the movies they loved and loathed. But Ebert went well beyond a mere “thumbs up” or “thumbs down.” Readers could always sense the man behind the words, a man with interests beyond film and a lifetime’s distilled wisdom about the larger world. Although the world lost one of its most important critics far too early, Ebert lives on in the minds of moviegoers today, who continually find themselves debating what he might have thought about a current movie.   From films like The Cabinet of Caligari and Viridiana that have been considered canonical for decades to movies only recently recognized as masterpieces to Superman, The Big Lebowski, and Pink Floyd: The Wall, the pieces gathered here demonstrate the critical acumen seen in Ebert’s daily reviews and the more reflective and wide-ranging considerations that the longer format allowed him to offer. Ebert’s essays are joined here by an insightful foreword by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz, the current editor-in-chief of the official Roger Ebert website, and a touching introduction by Chaz Ebert.   A fitting capstone to a truly remarkable career, The Great Movies IV will introduce newcomers to some of the most exceptional movies ever made, while revealing new insights to connoisseurs as well.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499147239797,"sku":"9780226854403","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780226854403.jpg?v=1792423081"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-roger-ebert.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}