Scorsese by Ebert

Nothing necessarily groundbreaking about the work of Scorsese, but pretty enjoyable. A good read if you are a fan of Ebert or Scorsese.

Interesting viewpoint of Ebert on Scorsese's work. Has both his original reviews and new reviews of most works, in addition to interviews and transcripts of joint talks they gave. If you're a movie fan or a Scorsese fan, definitely worth the read. (FYI, runs up through the Departed.)

Roger Ebert is a great film critic, but this book is largely made of his newspaper reviews that you can easily find online. It was not the biography of Scorsese that I was hoping for.

As much as Roger Ebert clearly loves the films of Scorsese, he is able to remain objective in his criticism. His writing is easy to read, like talking to a friend. He is able to highlight a theme through all of the films of Scorsese, as a true admirer of movies and their makers. For any fans of Roger Ebert and/or Martin Scorses, this book is wonderful.

This book is absolutely awesome. Ebert does extremely well to share with us his perception and opinion of Martin Scorsese and his masterful works. A must read for any film fan!! There is nothing like reading a book by the worlds foremost film critic about the worlds greatest director.

As a paste-up of past reviews, it serves as a solid overview of Scorsese. The reviews are are still fun to read.

As a lifelong film buff, and an Italian-American, I am drawn to both these talented individuals, appreciate the works of both, and deeply enjoy the insights into Martin Scorsese provided by Roger Ebert. A fascinating educational experience that encourages me to re-read, re-watch, re-visit these masterpieces. Learning something new, each time!

A dynamic combination of one of our very best movie reviewers on one of our best film maters. Ebert is able to review Scorsese's contributions to the art of film like no other movie reviewer. Ebert's prose and Scorsese's celluloid--what could be better!

我らが世代でベストの映画評論家シカゴのロジャー・エバートが同じくベストの映画監督スコシージについて書き溜めた評論集である。ウッドストックのプロデューサーに始まり、タクシー・ドライバーの優れたカメラワークから、最近のローリング・ストーンズーシャインニング・インザ・スカイまで、ニューヨークの映画の魔術師の魅力を余すことなく描いている。

I have a great respect for Roger Ebert as a film critic and an even bigger respect for Scorsese as an artist in his field. This book however is merely a collection of Ebert's reviews of Scorsese's films which you can access online for free. You find yourself constantly reading the same things written by Ebert as he includes "reconsiderations" of his original reviews where Ebert repeats and repeats and whilst there are some interesting pieces in what Ebert says, there is only a few moments we get to read something from Scorsese and what really happened behind the scenes. I'd go as far as saying it's a bit scandalous that this is being on face value, sold as some investigative biography on Scorsese by Ebert, it's a copy and paste exercise of Ebert's reviews with Ebert constantly praising Scorsese, you read no end of it and it becomes a very hard, annoying and repetitive read.