about life itself

Jacklyn 2022-02-04 08:22:54

The opening 30 minutes of "Life Is Like a Play" are not very engaging. As a documentary about dead celebrities, the director did not use the usual flashbacks, but used Roger Ebert's days in the hospital throughout. A non-linear narrative approach to its growth process. Until 40 minutes later, I cooperated with a friend to open a film column, got married at the age of 50, my friend died of illness, I had cancer and had my chin removed, and I was a film critic who couldn't "voice"... Seeing this, I released a film critic's opinion on life. A signal of optimism and open-mindedness, in tears, Roger's incomplete smile has been flooding the screen.
Life is like a drama, a drama is like a film critic who eats with words, his jaw is removed and he cannot speak, a drama is like a rough and perfect combination of white and black, a drama is like a perfectionist who was rated as a movie warrior by Herzog after falling ill Still chasing dreams. Roger turned his life into a one-of-a-kind inspirational film. After he fell ill, he insisted on completing seemingly impossible tasks such as building a film website, publishing film reviews, and speaking tours until he felt that he could let go.
And the series of data created by Roger in "Life is Like a Play" is itself the best proof to pay tribute to the film or all filmmakers: more than 6,000 film reviews have been written on tens of thousands of films that have been watched in the past 25 years. The 100 movies recommended in the book "Great Movies", each of which has been enjoyed no less than ten times... He only did two things in his life, watching movies and writing movies. People commented that the movie reviews he wrote were even better than movies. To look good, is this not enough? In his last blog before his death, Roger wrote: Although he is gone, his heart will still be there, see you at the cinema.
The last sentence of The Great Gatsby is quoted in the film: So we strive forward, but like a boat against the current, we are destined to keep going back to the past. I don't know why, but I also want to make this sentence the end of today.
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  • Pete 2022-03-15 09:01:11

    1 The first film in 2015 made me more determined to go on this road of loving movies.

  • Llewellyn 2022-03-17 09:01:10

    A terrific documentary that provides a comprehensive and authentic look at the life journey of America's greatest film critic, Roger Ebert. The film does not shy away from Albert's early years of alcoholism, poor taste in love, pride and conceit and other shortcomings, and paints a strong depiction of his family background, career, love, and his struggle against cancer in his later years. What touched me the most was the "love and kill" relationship between Gene Siskel and Ebert. (9.0/10)

Life Itself quotes

  • Roger Ebert: In the past 25 years I have probably seen 10,000 movies and reviewed 6,000 of them. I have forgotten most of them, I hope, but I remember those worth remembering, and they are all on the same shelf in my mind.

  • Roger Ebert: Look at a movie that a lot of people love and you'll find something profound no matter how silly the film may seem.