Thanks for this article. Am in progress on the audiobook and enjoying quite a bit. I vaguely remembered the Sneak Previews opening credits and it was a welcome nostalgia blast to have them described in detail. Book is great, Ebert's memoir Life Itself also great, and that documentary is unforgettable. Thumbs up across the board.
I have to say - I am a movie person, somewhere between middle and high brow, and I never found their show very interesting or entertaining. Their conversations were just so brief and superficial, had to boil everything down for the TV forum. And, they never approached “go to” reviewer status for me, hardly affected my movie choices.
Interesting book I’m sure about media criticism, but purely as reviewers they seemed to provide mediocre insight.
Thanks for this article. Am in progress on the audiobook and enjoying quite a bit. I vaguely remembered the Sneak Previews opening credits and it was a welcome nostalgia blast to have them described in detail. Book is great, Ebert's memoir Life Itself also great, and that documentary is unforgettable. Thumbs up across the board.
I have to say - I am a movie person, somewhere between middle and high brow, and I never found their show very interesting or entertaining. Their conversations were just so brief and superficial, had to boil everything down for the TV forum. And, they never approached “go to” reviewer status for me, hardly affected my movie choices.
Interesting book I’m sure about media criticism, but purely as reviewers they seemed to provide mediocre insight.
For better or worse, Ebert was the reason I originally signed up for Twitter.