00:01Let's move on to a movie now that's one of the most brilliant, weird, and unusual American documentary films I've
00:06seen in a long time.
00:09Roger Ebert was the definitive mainstream film critic in American cinema.
00:14He has been writing for half of the history of feature films.
00:19Roger was a mature writer early on.
00:21He's written over a dozen books.
00:23He wrote a novel.
00:24He won a Pulitzer Prize.
00:25How on earth did Roger Ebert write Beyond the Valley of the Dolls?
00:30Boobs.
00:31Beyond the Valley, you know, this is a title.
00:34Roger was a good addition, but he also could take it.
00:37He is a nice guy, but he's not that nice.
00:39It's Thriller Week on Siskel and Ebert in the movies, and we've got three new ones.
00:43Sound a little excited, Gene.
00:44Sound less excited, Roger.
00:46Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel were the most powerful critics of all time.
00:50The perfect matching of opposites.
00:52Even though Roger wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Gene lived the life.
00:58These were towering figures, clashing.
01:00It was, I'm going to crush you.
01:01You give Benji the 100 a positive review.
01:03That's totally unfair, because you realize...
01:05They almost didn't care what anyone else thought, as long as they could try to persuade the other.
01:11This morning, I confessed that I am a sick person.
01:15Three years ago, I felt a lump under my chin, and it turned out to be cancer.
01:20Roger had an inner core made of steel.
01:23Do you want to rest a little bit, or work a little bit?
01:26Ask Steve.
01:27He's the director.
01:29He is a soldier of cinema, who cannot even speak anymore, and he plows on, and that touches my heart
01:36very deeply.
01:38As a film critic, he was somebody who gave life to new voices, gave life to new visions,
01:43that reflected all the diversity of this nation.
01:48He made it possible for a bigger audience, a wider audience, to appreciate cinema as an art form,
01:53because he really loved films.
01:55For me, the movies are like a machine that generates empathy.
01:59It lets you understand hopes, aspirations, dreams, and fears.
02:03It helps us to identify with the people who are sharing this journey with us.
02:06And I'll see you next time.
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