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Siskel and Ebert only hugged once.
It was 1985, and they were backstage waiting to be interviewed by Johnny Carson for the first time. "They started playing 'The Tonight Show' theme," Ebert told a journalist later, "and we were scared." (The critic added a colorful word explaining exactly how scared.)
Matt Singer shares that story in Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel and Ebert Changed Movies Forever. The book's subtitle is a little misleading, since Singer is less interested in how the two men changed movies than in how they changed each other.
I enjoyed this history of the careers of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. It started with a brief introduction to the pair, and focuses mostly on the pair working together as film critics in their show Siskel and Ebert (among many other titles).
Siskel and Ebert's show was groundbreaking in the history of film criticism. Their show created the genre. It was influential to future critics as well as pop culture as a whole with their "thumbs up/thumbs down" system of rating films.
This book is a good introduction to their lives, their influence on popular culture, and their sadly early demises. It's worth a read for film, pop culture, rating and biography fans.
Siskel and Ebert's show was groundbreaking in the history of film criticism. Their show created the genre. It was influential to future critics as well as pop culture as a whole with their "thumbs up/thumbs down" system of rating films.
This book is a good introduction to their lives, their influence on popular culture, and their sadly early demises. It's worth a read for film, pop culture, rating and biography fans.
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
I did not know who Siskel and Ebert were going into this book, but I felt like I finished it knowing what kind of people they were. I loved the deep dive into not only their lives during their show but before they became an iconic duo. This book exuded the energy I would think that I would get if I were to tune into the duo discussing film. It was a joy to read and learn about these men.
Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC of this novel.
Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC of this novel.