Sometimes it shocks me just how out of the loop I can be with some things.
Upon checking my facebook page this morning one of my geeky friends had put a link to an interview with veteran film critic (and writer of Russ Meyer's seminal BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) Roger Ebert.
I knew that years ago Ebert was diagnosed with thyroid cancer (legend has it that Vincent Gallo had put a hex on him after the unmercifully scathing review of THE BROWN BUNNY... no, i'm not making this up) but, unbeknownst to me, Ebert had surgery which effectivly removed his lower jaw, making him unable to talk, eat or drink.
The part that really got to me, though, was that this happened nearly FOUR YEARS AGO. Where had i been? How did i not know this? How big is the rock I'd been nestled under?
The interview is a great read. It details the history and current status of a courageous, often curmudgeonly man - one of the most influential and outspoken film writers of all time - and his horrible ordeal.
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