“Gene did think he had Roger on smarts. Whenever Roger claimed to have the superior intellect, Gene would say , ‘Aren’t you the guy who wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ?'” Oh, that Siskel. This and many more great At the Movies nuggets can be found over in Slate’s exclusive excerpt from The Chicagoan’s Roger Ebert -Gene Siskel piece Enemies, A Love Story . Give it a go and settle in for a good, long read on the best frenemyship in film criticism history. [ Slate ]
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Here’s Maybe The Single Best Anecdote (of Many Greats) from the 25,000-Word Oral History of Siskel & Ebert
