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>> the perfect matching of opposites, siskel and ebert, laurel and hardy, oscar and felix, really made sneak previews a sitcom about two guys who live in a movie theater. >> this is the special of the take two programs on sneak preview. hi gene. >> hi roger. i have a favorite seat i like to sit in, last row sort of off to the side. >> not just kind of reading or speaking criticism, but acting out these rows. >> twice as far back from the screen as the screen is wide. >> and because they could ge...

Oscars that day. >> nothing wrong with that. >> and about losing someone that you love. and it was eberts review that really got to the heart of what i was trying to articulate. and just touched me so much that i sent him the picture from the oscars. his reply was, we were both younger then. the next day a blog post turned up where he wrote, in a very heartfelt way about his own aunt who kind of gave him the gift of art in film as well. you know. i broke down crying. it was a mess. its dangerous...

Theres going to be a missouri show, its not -- movie show, its not going to be two guys from chicago, were going to have new york critics or were hollywood. >> who are these guys? right, this is not the kind of wised up players who might be in los angeles, what do they have to tell us about movies? >> the influence shaped how critics looked at movies and how people read them. >> film was taken seriously and so were film critics. promoting the idea of the director as the maker of a film, and paul...

Widespread activity. i wouldnt be surprised if that increases over the next week or two. >> dr. anthony fauci, great to have you on the program. thank you, sir. >> good to be with you. well their fights over films were legendary, and those disagreements between roger ebert and gene siskel did not stop on the set. >> i think in the beginning, it was very difficult. he sat in the back row. roger had his favorite seat. they left without saying a word to one another. >> a professional and personal...

Slavery was not a sergio leone spaghetti western. it was a holocaust. my ancestors are slaves. stolen from africa. i will honor them." as promised, i saw the film today. and i must tell you that it was a fascinating study of slavery and the extraordinary capacity of an exceptional individual to embody the best traits and the aspirations of the group. there are problems with that exceptionalism to be sure, but i would ask my very dear friend spike lee, see the film first before making criticism b...

See that film. and thats the only thing im going to say. i cant disrespect my ancestors. >> lee went on to say american slavery was not a sergio leone spaghetti western. it was a holocaust. my ancestors are slaves. stolen from africa. i will honor them." as promised, i saw the film today. and i must tell you that it was a fascinating study of slavery and the extraordinary capacity of an exceptional individual to embody the best traits and the aspirations of the group. there are problems with tha...

Siskel & ebert will be back tonight to discuss more film. tonight in our survey i asked you, who will the public blame if we go over the fiscal cliff, 4% say democrats, 96% say republicans. coming up, the film "zero dark thirty" asks questions about torture.

And talk about the films impact with dr. james peterson on this show. siskel & ebert will be back tonight to discuss more film. tonight in our survey i asked you, who will the public blame if we go over the fiscal cliff, 4% say democrats, 96% say republicans. coming up, the film "zero dark thirty" asks questions about torture. [ laughter ]

My ancestors to see that film. thats all im going to say. i cant disrespect my ancestors. >> he continued his criticism with this tweet. american slavery was not a sergeo leone spaghetti western my ancestors are slaves, stolen from africa, i will honor them. lee has spoken out against tarantinos work before. taking issue with the use of racial slurs. mark anthony neil says arguing over the use of such epithets creates a division and keeps us from discussing tough topics. its much easier to gloss...