{"product_id":"the-great-movies-iv-by-roger-ebert-9780226403984","title":"The Great Movies IV","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo film critic has ever been as influential—or as beloved—as Roger Ebert. Over more than four decades, he built a reputation writing reviews for the \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e and, later, arguing onscreen with rival \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e critic Gene Siskel and later Richard Roeper about the movies they loved and loathed. But Ebert went well beyond a mere “thumbs up” or “thumbs down.” Readers could always sense the man behind the words, a man with interests beyond film and a lifetime’s distilled wisdom about the larger world. Although the world lost one of its most important critics far too early, Ebert lives on in the minds of moviegoers today, who continually find themselves debating what he might have thought about a current movie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Movies IV\u003c\/i\u003e is the fourth—and final—collection of Roger Ebert’s essays, comprising sixty-two reviews of films ranging from the silent era to the recent past. From films like \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet of Caligari\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eViridiana\u003c\/i\u003e that have been considered canonical for decades to movies only recently recognised as masterpieces to \u003ci\u003eSuperman, The Big Lebowski,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePink Floyd: The Wall,\u003c\/i\u003e the pieces gathered here demonstrate the critical acumen seen in Ebert’s daily reviews and the more reflective and wide-ranging considerations that the longer format allowed him to offer. Ebert’s essays are joined here by an insightful foreword by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz, the current editor-in-chief of the official Roger Ebert website, and a touching introduction by Chaz Ebert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA fitting capstone to a truly remarkable career, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Movies IV\u003c\/i\u003e will introduce newcomers to some of the most exceptional movies ever made, while revealing new insights to connoisseurs as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47537089806572,"sku":"9780226403984","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/62843ad1c2ec69d205e7070e6eab0621.jpg?v=1776902264","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-great-movies-iv-by-roger-ebert-9780226403984","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}