Awake in the dark The best of Roger Ebert : reviews, essays, and interviews

Roger Ebert

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Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
Roger Ebert (author)
Edition
Second edition
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
xxxvi, 504 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN
9780226460864
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Prologue: Death of a Dream Palace
  • Review of La Dolce Vita
  • Part 1. Interviews and Profiles
  • Introduction
  • Warren Beatty
  • James Stewart
  • Robert Mitchum
  • Mitch and Jimmy: Some Thoughts
  • Lee Marvin
  • Ingmar Bergman
  • Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader
  • Robert Altman
  • Werner Herzog
  • Meryl Streep
  • Woody Allen
  • Spike Lee
  • Tom Hanks
  • Errol Morris
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Part 2. The Best
  • Introduction
  • 1967: Bonnie and Clyde
  • 1968: The Battle of Algiers
  • 1969: Z
  • 1970: Five Easy Pieces
  • 1971: The Last Picture Show
  • 1972: The Godfather
  • 1973: Cries, and Whispers
  • 1974: Scenes from a Marriage
  • 1975: Nashville
  • 1976: Small Change
  • 1977: 3 Women
  • 1978: An Unmarried Woman
  • 1979: Apocalypse Now
  • 1980: The Black Stallion
  • 1981: My Dinner with Andre
  • 1982: Sophie's Choice
  • 1983: The Right Stuff
  • 1984: Amadeus
  • 1985: The Color Purple
  • 1986: Platoon
  • 1987: House of Games
  • 1988: Mississippi Burning
  • 1989: Do the Right Thing
  • 1990: GoodFellas
  • 1991: JFK
  • 1992: Malcolm X
  • 1993: Schindler's List
  • 1994: Hoop Dreams
  • 1995: Leaving Las Vegas
  • 1996: Fargo
  • 1997: Eve's Bayou
  • 1998: Dark City
  • 1999: Being John Malkovich
  • 2000: Almost Famous
  • 2001: Monster's Ball
  • 2002: Minority Report
  • 2003: Monster
  • 2004: Million Dollar Baby
  • 2005: Crash
  • Part 3. Foreign Films
  • Introduction
  • Tokyo Story
  • The Music Room
  • An Hasard Balthazar
  • Belle de four
  • The Wild Child
  • Claire's Knee
  • Last Tango in Paris
  • Fellini's Roma
  • Stroszek
  • The Marriage of Maria Braun
  • Wings of Desire
  • Raise the Red Lantern
  • The Scent of Green Papaya
  • Spirited Away
  • City of God
  • Part 4. Documentaries
  • Introduction
  • Woodstock
  • Harlan County, U.S.A
  • Gates of Heaven
  • Say Amen, Somebody
  • The "Up" Movies
  • 28 Up
  • 35 Up
  • 42 Up
  • Shoah
  • Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
  • Crumb
  • Heidi Fleiss, Hollywood Madam
  • Microcosmos
  • Part 5. Overlooked and Underrated
  • Introduction
  • Thieves Like Us
  • Bring Mc the Head of Alfredo Garcia
  • Saint Jack
  • El Norte
  • To Live and Die in L.A
  • Trouble in Mind
  • Housekeeping
  • The Rapture
  • A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
  • The Saddest Music in the World
  • Part 6. Essays and Think Pieces
  • Introduction
  • That's the Way It Is: The Color Purple and the Oscars
  • Legacy of Star Wars
  • John Cassavetes: An Appreciation
  • Why J Love Black and White
  • The Case for an A Rating
  • Well, Are Movies Better Than Ever?
  • A Pulitzer for the Movies
  • Celluloid vs. Digital: The War for the Soul of the Cinema
  • The Most Influential Films of the Century
  • In Memoriam: Pauline Kael
  • Part 7. On Film Criticism
  • Introduction
  • Twenty-five Years in the Dark
  • Symposium from Film Comment: All Thumbs, or, Is There a Future for Film Criticism?
  • All Stars, or, Is There a Cure for Criticism of Film Criticism?
  • Then Again
  • Auteurism Is Alive and Well and Living in Argentina
  • A Memo to Myself and Certain Other Film Critics
  • Epilogue: Thoughts on the Centennial or 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