New Links!
March 17th, 2008 | by Tom |i posted two new links to sites that i dig on a regular basis. they are both for people who write for the Chicago Sun Time a pretty good national rag, Jim DeRogatis and Roger Ebert. Jim writes a music and entertainment blog and he hates Juno so he can be my friend. He was responsible for this book Milk It that i was into a few years ago. he’s a pretty good writer and most importantly he hates Juno.
Roger Ebert is a great writer and he loves Juno which makes no sense to me. The two were actually engaged in a blog feud of sorts over whether or not Juno is good. Juno is not good, but that is not the issue. Roger Ebert is the standard bearer for all movie reviewers and his writing, im not to concerned with the TV show, has informed my knowledge of film since i discovered him while doing research for a paper on the Accidental Toursit for my film as literature class when i was a senior in high school. as i recall my teacher was unfamiliar with the Ebert and i ended up just cutting and pasting most of his review into my essay. I believe i got an A on that paper and i would be lying if i told you i was sorry.
anyway, Ebert is the best. if you have nothing to do and want an extended history lesson on film, scroll through his reviews of “The Great Movies.” They are full of information on the period during which the movie was made, personal recollections, always my favorite, and things you never thought you needed to know about movies like Vengeance Is Mine, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, and Blade Runner, all three of which he wrote about recently.
Ebert has only been writing sporadically since he has been sick so his editor Jim Emerson does a lot of the writing. Jim is different. For an example look up his review of ‘Donnie Darko.’ I just thought the movie was about a ridiculous kid who yells at Patrick Swayze and sees a big black anti-climactic bunny everywhere before being inexplicably crushed to death by a jet engine but Jim has different take. After reading it maybe you also can find the clues to Donnies hidden desire to have sex with his sister that Jim says propels the whole movie. Just so you know i did watch it again and i couldnt find it.
Love me some Tears for Fears though.
