Not a good week for film, another R-I-P

Snowflake · 07-31-2007, 07:30 AM

Alex · 07-31-2007, 08:50 AM

I can't say that I'm very well aware of his films but I've always loved his name. It just sounds like it doesn't want to stop.

Not Afraid · 07-31-2007, 09:52 AM

Oh WOW! Two larger than life film directors gone in one week. Won't someone take pause and ask "Why are we doing I Dream of Genie - the Movie"?

flippyshark · 07-31-2007, 09:56 AM

I'm ashamed to admit I haven't seen any Antonioni. I've read enough about Blow-Up to feel as though I've seen it, but that's not the case. Someday, I'll return to Netflix and put that in my queue. (I'd buy it, but those Criterion releases are expensive.) I'm also keen on seeing Zabriskie Point, largely because I remember first reading of it in The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. Lots of the movies derided in that volume (by the Medved brothers) have ended up being favorites of mine.

Not Afraid · 07-31-2007, 10:03 AM

Blow Up is my favorite film of his. We showed it one NYE day and bored the heck out of quite a few.

I haven't seen The Passenger or L"Avventure for ages.

Tref · 07-31-2007, 10:09 AM

Its not that it is a bad week for film, it’s just not a good week for not-dying.

RStar · 07-31-2007, 01:32 PM

Doen't that make Four deaths now?

What's that sound??

It's the fabric of space/time tearing!!

Oh noooooooooooooo.................

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 07-31-2007, 01:34 PM

It just means there will be two more.

RIP

Alex · 07-31-2007, 01:41 PM

It depends on how you're counting and who's doing the counting. For big film buffs the number is up to five over the last few days and that doesn't include Tom Snyder or Bill Walsh.

French actor Michel Surrault (most famously here in La Cage aux Follies) died on Sunday. German actor Ulrich Mühe (most recently of Lives of Others) died of stomach cancer. Cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs died last week.

AllyOops! · 07-31-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Oh WOW! Two larger than life film directors gone in one week. Won't someone take pause and ask "Why are we doing I Dream of Genie - the Movie"?

For uncultured hillbillies like me. Pause over.

07-31-2007, 07:30 AM	#1
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I can't say that I'm very well aware of his films but I've always loved his name. It just sounds like it doesn't want to stop.
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Oh WOW! Two larger than life film directors gone in one week. Won't someone take pause and ask "Why are we doing I Dream of Genie - the Movie"?
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I'm ashamed to admit I haven't seen any Antonioni. I've read enough about Blow-Up to feel as though I've seen it, but that's not the case. Someday, I'll return to Netflix and put that in my queue. (I'd buy it, but those Criterion releases are expensive.) I'm also keen on seeing Zabriskie Point, largely because I remember first reading of it in The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. Lots of the movies derided in that volume (by the Medved brothers) have ended up being favorites of mine.
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Blow Up is my favorite film of his. We showed it one NYE day and bored the heck out of quite a few. I haven't seen The Passenger or L"Avventure for ages.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It depends on how you're counting and who's doing the counting. For big film buffs the number is up to five over the last few days and that doesn't include Tom Snyder or Bill Walsh. French actor Michel Surrault (most famously here in La Cage aux Follies) died on Sunday. German actor Ulrich Mühe (most recently of Lives of Others) died of stomach cancer. Cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs died last week.
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