Well, it looks like no one has posted yet this month's
free University of Chicago Press title. So I will take care of it this month.
It's
Ebert's Best, a "memoir essay" by Roger Ebert. It's one of the
Chicago Shorts series, so the ebook is short this time--32 pages.
Here's the blurb/book description, from
the book's UCP website:
Roger Ebert is a name synonymous with the movies. In Ebert’s Bests
, he takes readers through the journey of how he became a film critic, from his days at a student-run cinema club to his rise as a television commentator in At the Movies
and Siskel & Ebert
. Recounting the influence of the French New Wave, his friendships with Werner Herzog and Martin Scorsese, as well as travels to Sweden and Rome to visit Ingrid Bergman and Federico Fellini, Ebert never loses sight of film as a key component of our cultural identity. In considering the ethics of film criticism—why we should take all film seriously, without prejudgment or condescension—he argues that film critics ought always to engage in open-minded dialogue with a movie. Extending this to his accompanying selection of “10 Bests,” he reminds us that hearts and minds—and even rankings—are bound to change.
You probably know the routine to get the
free ebook. Go to
the download webpage. Submit your email address. UCP will email you a direct link to it.