![]() ![]() I think all of these individuals were exceptional that they thought to write at all.Įbert wrote that he saw his life as a film. We never know what we will think-not to mention say-about life when we know it will end. These are my personal feelings, of course, nothing critical. Ever pursuant of truth but less expansive. The latter, written the last year of Hitchens' life and after he had lost capacity to speak, a more contracting tale. The first brims with energy and a generous expansion of self. Oliver Sack's Gratitude and Christopher Hitchens' Mortality. ![]() Perhaps both Life Itself reminds me of two other books written by dying men. It is that person who is writing this book.įaced with life-altering illness, Ebert writes with uncharacteristic seriousness, even sentiment, perhaps from a need to self-reveal, perhaps from expediency. I was diagnosed with cancers of the thyroid and jaw, I had difficult surgeries, I lost the ability to speak, eat, or drink, and two failed attempts to rebuild my jaw led to shoulder damage that makes it difficult to walk easily and painful to stand. Ebert is the subject, director, and writer. All of Ebert's "Great Movie" reviews are available online. And he made me think I might do it too.Įbert's collection Great Movies are guides to an enduring art form and a celebration of the highest talent that ever existed in movies. Ebert wrote beautifully, passionately, and in the first person about something he loved. Film critic Roger Ebert (J– April 4, 2013) is the reason I'm a writer. ![]()
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