MOVIE LOVER
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Responding quickly to a word

Or face, or plot or place… seeing

Gladly signs of wit, insight and

Even truth… in the dark writing

Relentlessly for all who read…

…

Ever hoping goodness will win

Before greed drags it down… helping

Everyone see beauty in one

Rosebud film frame… celebrating

The movies… overlooking none.

– Steve Shoemaker, Urbana, IL, April 3, 2013

NOTE: Film critic Roger Ebert and Steve Shoemaker were friends.. Steve is a great admirer. The Ebert Film Festival at the University of Illinois has long been one of the highlights of Steve’s year. He has often spoken of the magnificent way Roger continued to review the films and “chat” with Festival attendees by means of his computer after he could speak no longer with his resonant voice.