Ebert endures

[AdamSmith]

Moving profile of Roger Ebert today...

http://www.esquire.com/features/roger-ebert-0310

[MsGuy]

Thank you for the link.

[AdamSmith]

I always admired his intellect and his passion. And, now, his indomitableness.

Astounding to me the range & depth of his perceptions & his talent. Did you know that, besides his erudite and penetrating and appreciative movie reviews, he also, with Russ Meyer, co-wrote the screenplay for the camp cult classic "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"? I mean, how can you not love a man who pens this line of dialog:

"You will drink the black sperm of my vengeance!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Valley_of_the_Dolls

[MsGuy]

I mean, how can you not love a man who pens this line of dialog:

"You will drink the black sperm of my vengeance!"

How do we know that ole Russ didn't contribute that remarkable line?

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I really miss the old Siskel & Ebert show. If both endorsed a movie I was interested in, I knew I would probably like it myself. [liberal cause movies excepted, but it was easy to tell when they were doing an ideological review.]

[AdamSmith]

How do we know that ole Russ didn't contribute that remarkable line?

I thought I read Ebert claiming credit, in an interview with him long ago. But no can find now.

Maybe it was a footnote to that Yucca Mountain article I can't find either.

I really miss the old Siskel & Ebert show.

Yep. Really nothing quite like it since.

[BigK]

Very nice and comprehensive article.

I first started watching Siskel & Ebert on public TV. I don't care for the current At the Movies.

Still check Eberts reviews before seeing a movie.

[MsGuy]

Ran across this following some link, and thought you guys might like to see Ebert's own take on the Esquire article.

Roger Ebert's Last Words, con't.