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RogerEbert
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Roger Ebert is the Pulitzer Prizewinning film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times . Starting in 1975, he cohosted a long-running weekly movie-review program on television, first with Gene Siskel and then with Richard Roeper. He is the author of numerous books on film, including The Great Movies , The Great Movies II , Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert , and Scorsese by Ebert , the last two titles published by the University of Chicago Press.
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Foreword by David Bordwell.................................. ix Introduction .............................................. xv 3 Women................................................. 3
Ace in the Hole............................................. 7
Adaptation............................................... 11
After Dark, My Sweet....................................... 15
After Hours............................................... 19
The Age of Innocence....................................... 23
Army of Shadows.......................................... 27
Atlantic City.............................................. 31
Au Revoir les Enfants....................................... 35
Babel.................................................... 39
The Band Wagon......................................... 43
Baraka................................................... 48
The Battle of Algiers........................................ 52
Bergmans Trilogy 1: Through a Glass Darkly..................... 56
Bergmans Trilogy 2: Winter Light............................ 60
Bergmans Trilogy 3: The Silence............................... 64
The Best Years of Our Lives.................................. 68
C o n t e n t s
The Big Red One.......................................... 72
Blade Runner: The Final Cut................................. 76
Cabiria................................................... 80
Cat People................................................ 84
Chimes at Midnight........................................ 88
Chop Shop............................................... 92
Chuck Jones: Three Cartoons................................. 96
Cool Hand Luke.......................................... 101
Crimes and Misdemeanors.................................. 105
Crumb.................................................. 109
Dark City............................................... 113
The Dead................................................ 117
Diva.................................................... 121
Dog Day Afternoon....................................... 125
The Double Life of Veronique............................... 129
Easy Rider............................................... 133
El Norte................................................ 138
El Topo................................................. 143
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser............................... 147
Exotica................................................. 151
Fanny and Alexander...................................... 155
Faust................................................... 159
Fitzcarraldo.............................................. 163
Forbidden Games......................................... 167
The Godfather: Part II..................................... 171
The Great Dictator........................................ 175
Groundhog Day.......................................... 179
Howards End............................................ 183
Inherit the Wind.......................................... 188
Johnny Guitar............................................ 193
Juliet of the Spirits........................................ 197
Killer of Sheep............................................ 201
La Belle Noiseuse......................................... 205
L.A. Confidential......................................... 209
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The Last Picture Show..................................... 213
Last Tango in Paris........................................ 217
The Last Temptation of Christ............................... 222
Late Spring.............................................. 226
Leolo................................................... 230
The Long Goodbye........................................ 234
Magnolia................................................ 239
The Marriage of Maria Braun................................ 243
Mephisto................................................ 248
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters............................ 252
Mon Oncle Antoine....................................... 256
Moolaade................................................ 260
My Fair Lady............................................ 264
My Man Godfrey......................................... 269
Nanook of the North...................................... 273
Ordet................................................... 277
Out of the Past........................................... 281
Pans Labyrinth........................................... 286
Paths of Glory............................................ 290
The Phantom of the Opera.................................. 295
Pixote.................................................. 299
Playtime................................................ 303
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