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Life Itself
Documentary · 2014
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.
The sides of Life Itself
- Roger Ebert in his last months
- The Siskel and Ebert rivalry
- Chaz Ebert at his side
Life Itself is good for you if…
- you want the life of Roger Ebert, from Chicago newsrooms to television.
- you like being moved by a man facing the end with humor.
- you like a rivalry with Gene Siskel that turned into deep affection.
Life Itself is bad for you if…
- you can't watch a long illness and its hospital scenes up close.
- you need a story that moves faster than a life told in interviews.
About: mortality · love · cinema
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