Maybe I'm reaching for the moon here, but that's only because the author has already set the bar so high with his other writings. If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be? I could even sense the slightest tinge of feeling in some of the more emotional passages. The narration was spot on throughout, down to the different accents. I was almost inspired to listen to the Cheney memoir. What about Edward Herrmann’s performance did you like? Ebert's power of recall was a little frightening, but I certainly admire it, and the prose is just beautifully precise. Roger's rich life, straight from the horse's mouth. What did you love best about Life Itself?

Filled with the same deep insight, dry wit, and sharp observations that his readers have long cherished, this is more than a memoir-it is a singular, warm-hearted, inspiring look at life itself. This is a story that only Roger Ebert could tell. He shares his insights into movie stars and directors like John Wayne, Werner Herzog, and Martin Scorsese. He remembers his friendships with Studs Terkel, Mike Royko, Oprah Winfrey, and Russ Meyer (for whom he wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and an ill-fated Sex Pistols movie). He writes about his years at the Sun-Times, his colorful newspaper friends, and his life-changing collaboration with Gene Siskel.

In this candid, personal history, Ebert chronicles it all: his loves, losses, and obsessions his struggle and recovery from alcoholism his marriage his politics and his spiritual beliefs. It is a journey that began as a reporter for his local daily, and took him to Chicago, where he was unexpectedly given the job of film critic for the Sun-Times, launching a lifetime's adventures. Roger Ebert's journalism carried him on a path far from his nearly idyllic childhood in Urbana, Illinois. And now, for the first time, he tells the full, dramatic story of his life and career. But with the loss of his voice, Ebert has only become a more prolific and influential writer. In 2006, complications from thyroid cancer treatment resulted in the loss of his ability to eat, drink, or speak. He has appeared on television for four decades, including 23 years as cohost of Siskel & Ebert at the Movies. He has been reviewing films for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and was the first film critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. Roger Ebert is the best-known film critic of our time. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.' That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try to contribute joy to the world. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. 'I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.

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