In the late 1980's BASF had a package of videotapes that included a book of movie reviews by Roger Ebert. The guide had the same dimensions as a videotape. What I like about Ebert reviews, actually more than like - but am amazed by, is how in a relatively short review there is meaningful insight. Sometimes the insight is into the movie or an actor but sometimes it is about life, the world, or people. Found books have always interested me. The serendipity of books beguiles me. How many people have been influenced or changed by a found book? Numerous people bought these tapes wanting the book. But then others were exposed to the book because of the purchase. Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker , was one of the people that found and was influenced by the book. Excerpt from his article Learning From Ebert - In the nineteen-eighties, when I was in high school, my parents bought a VHS player, and, with it, an Ebert video guide, in which various of his Chicago Sun-Time...
Watching the book world.