RIP 2010

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Ronald Neame 1911-2010

RIP

As a kid, I had two big fights with my parents about movies they wouldn't let me see. One was Steve McQueen's "The Getway," which, in retrospect, I can sort of understand. The other was "The Poseidon Adventure," which came out when I was 10 and which Ronald Neame directed. I remember my father said he thought there was too much human suffering involved. Given some of the other things he took me to when I was young--"Butch Cassidy," "Judge Roy Bean," "Three Days of the Condor," "Cabaret," "Great Gatsby," "The Seven Ups," etc.--I found this an odd line in the sand.

Anyway, RIP Ronald Neame.