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Bradshaw3

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5. Life Itself by Roger Ebert

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Wed Sep 16, 2020, 06:28 PM

Sep 2020

A great writer who is able to write for a broader audience from a personal perspective while covering big ideas. I got to meet him and attend several of his film festivals. Usually someone that smart and knowledgeable has a bit of a superiority complex but he never lost his small town ethics.

He wasn't afraid to talk openly and honestly about his failings and parts of the book are hard to read, especially since it was written after his health problems developed. I really value my signed copy.

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