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That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.
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Birth: | 26th January, 1946 |
Death: | 20th February, 1999 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Critic, Journalist |
Eugene Kal "Gene" Siskel was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune. Along with colleague Roger Ebert, he hosted a series of popular review shows from 1975 to 1999. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in philosophy in 1967, where he studied writing under Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Hersey, who helped him land a job at the Chicago Tribune in 1969.
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