On Thursday, April 4th, 2013, the film critic Roger Ebert passed away at the age of 70. It was hard to deny the influence of someone who was easily the most recognizable film critic of all time, so Peter felt compelled to dedicate an entire episode to his legacy and work. For this special episode of the podcast, Keith Uhlich, Matt Prigge, Kenji Fujishima, and Godfrey Cheshire all join Petter for a discussion of his life, work, and legacy of its legend. The topics run far and wide, from his honest writing style, to the critics he plucked and championed, to his reflections of life and death, and even his own admittance of occasional failure with certain films and filmmakers. The five dig into the times they encountered Ebert (some in person and some online), and attempt to honor someone who will be with them forever.
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Notes and Links from the Conversation
-Read the obituaries by Keith Uhlich, Matt Prigge, Kenji Fujishima, Ali Arikan, and Jim Emerson.
-Part of Ebert's Dark City commentary track.
-Ebert on not fearing death.
-Reviews of Werkmiester Harmonies, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Little Indian Big City, The Loneliest Planet, Taste of Cherry, Wild at Heart, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive, La Dolce Vita, 28 Up, The Brown Bunny, Ishtar, Synecdoche, NY, Vixen, Garfield: The Tail of Two Kittens, Knowing, Dark City, Mad Dog Time, Moving Midway.
-Selected Siskel and Ebert clips: Halloween, Blue Velvet, Married Life, The Tree of Life,
-Far-Flung Correspondents
-Ebertfest, aka The Overlooked Film Festival
-Will Leith's referendum on his infamous Ebert piece.
-"Video Games can never be art."
-Chaz Ebert's statement.
-Read the obituaries by Keith Uhlich, Matt Prigge, Kenji Fujishima, Ali Arikan, and Jim Emerson.
-Part of Ebert's Dark City commentary track.
-Ebert on not fearing death.
-Reviews of Werkmiester Harmonies, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Little Indian Big City, The Loneliest Planet, Taste of Cherry, Wild at Heart, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive, La Dolce Vita, 28 Up, The Brown Bunny, Ishtar, Synecdoche, NY, Vixen, Garfield: The Tail of Two Kittens, Knowing, Dark City, Mad Dog Time, Moving Midway.
-Selected Siskel and Ebert clips: Halloween, Blue Velvet, Married Life, The Tree of Life,
-Far-Flung Correspondents
-Ebertfest, aka The Overlooked Film Festival
-Will Leith's referendum on his infamous Ebert piece.
-"Video Games can never be art."
-Chaz Ebert's statement.
Theme Music: “Forward” by Northbound
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