From Bill Wren:

I’m sure you’re inundated by get-well e-mails so please excuse this addition to the the pile but I wanted to send a note along if only for my own sense of well-being. I can understand the need for time and privacy — while I haven’t had this experience myself, a number of people I’ve know have been there so I have some sense of what’s required to get back to normal living.

I only hope that all this technology we’ve got around these days helps with the time needed for healing, by which I mean it allows you to stay in contact with people, provides the ability to see movies and otherwise keep your mind engaged while it waits for the body to catch up. And to alleviate the problem of boredom.

I’ve been watching quite a few older movies recently (particularly John Ford-John Wayne films since I picked up the Warner DVD set recently) and have been thinking about you as I watched them. As I watched, I wondered, “What would Ebert have to say about these Ford-Wayne films?” (Yes, I have read your review of “The Searchers.”)

I also thought of you when “Snakes on a Plane” was released the other day. I haven’t seen it — I’ve no idea what its merits are. But seeing it hyped made me think of 1997’s “Anaconda” (Luis Llosa, director). As movies go, it was junk — but it was good junk and I totally agreed with your views on that movie. It was fun in all the best ways for that kind of movie. I remember reading that review way back whenever and thinking, “Yes, this guy knows what movies should be.”

Anyway … hope all goes well and things heal quickly and you’re life is back to normal as soon as possib”le.

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

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