Awake in the dark The best of Roger Ebert : reviews, essays, and interviews
Book - 2017
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press
2017.
- Language
- English
- Main 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