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GoldenPilgrim · #551 Post by **GoldenPilgrim** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:24 am

domino harvey wrote:If you still find yourself grieving, may I suggest eBay

I think I am going to be alright

colinr0380 · #552 Post by **colinr0380** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:52 pm

Christian Brando

HerrSchreck · #553 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:10 pm

Pneumonia? Was this from drinking & getting high etc? Parkeresque all around hard living?

I would never judge this guy too hard... as much as I worshipped Brando when I was a kid (still sorta do in a nostalgic way, killingest combination of looks and charisma in the history of cinema), being that mess' son is not something I would ever have wanted to be.. or judge. The man manufactured Disaster like we manufacture carbon dioxide.

At least, over and above all, he found peace finally. Christian, I mean.

Antares · #554 Post by **Antares** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:22 am

Barry Morse, Lt. Gerard of The Fugitive

#555 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:19 pm

Official cause of death: Accidental Overdose

Caligula · #556 Post by **Caligula** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:52 am

Eva Dahlbeck has died.

souvenir · #557 Post by **souvenir** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:11 am

Roy Scheider

tavernier · #558 Post by **tavernier** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:34 am

Sad news...great, underrated actor.

I'll have to give "All That Jazz" a spin in tribute.

HerrSchreck · #559 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:34 am

Roy was great, underrated indeed but sitting at the helm of some of the great 70's projects. He'll live and shine forever, and had a hell of a run at the top there.

Later Cloudy!

flyonthewall2983 · Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:32 am

One of my favorite under-rated actors.

He's been in some of the most frightening scenes ever put on film.

devlinnn · #561 Post by **devlinnn** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:53 am

"It's show time, folks!"

Underrated? Maybe. More under-used by major directorial talent as time went on. I had no idea he was 75 - he was the ageless type. In his recent book, Bruce Dern rated Roy's performance in All That Jazz in the top 5 of all time. Hard to disagree.

miless · #562 Post by **miless** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:54 am

I'm going to have to pull out my copy of Naked Lunch tonight

colinr0380 · #563 Post by **colinr0380** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:09 pm

A tribute to Roy Scheider at the Moon In The Gutter blog.

portnoy · #564 Post by **portnoy** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:50 am

Tony Silver, who directed Style Wars, has died.

Cabiria21 · #565 Post by **Cabiria21** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:31 pm

Japanese film director Kon Ichikawa dead at 92

tavernier · #566 Post by **tavernier** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:19 pm

Sad, but a nice long life with some great films mixed in.

colinr0380 · #567 Post by **colinr0380** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:35 pm

Very sad to hear, though hopefully it might at least inspire the release of more of his films.

sidehacker · #568 Post by **sidehacker** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:35 pm

...and now he's back with his writing partner. =D

Michael Kerpan · #569 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:42 pm

Cabiria21 wrote:Japanese film director Kon Ichikawa dead at 92

Does he have a film makers thread yet?

IMHO -- Ichikawa's best work was done in the 50s and 60s (most of it with his wife Natto Wada as his screen writer), but he ontinued to plug along making films until (almost) the time of his death.

Ichikawa was best known in the West for his war films -- Burmese Harp and Fires on the Plain and his documentary about the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Tokyo Olympiad. My favorite Ichikawa films, however, are his (and Wada's) black comedies from the 1950s (and Burmese Harp).

Some notes on various Ichikawa films:

Burmese Harp (1956)
The Crowded Street Car / The Full-Up Train (1957)
Goodbye, Hello (1959)
The Hole (1957)
Makioka Sisters (1983)
Ten Dark Women (1961)

noelbotevera · #570 Post by **noelbotevera** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:18 pm

I would count Fires on the Plain as a comedy, one of the blackest.

Michael Kerpan · #571 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:26 pm

noelbotevera wrote:I would count Fires on the Plain as a comedy, one of the blackest.

I still have yet to see this. It has always sounded so very grim.

What I'd like to know is -- why has the West ignored his (more obvious) black comedies so thoroughly?

chaddoli · #572 Post by **chaddoli** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:02 pm

Michael Kerpan wrote:What I'd like to know is -- why has the West ignored his (more obvious) black comedies so thoroughly?

We don't get Japanese humor.

Michael Kerpan · #573 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:08 pm

chaddoli wrote:
Michael Kerpan wrote:What I'd like to know is -- why has the West ignored his (more obvious) black comedies so thoroughly?
We don't get Japanese humor.

I can't believe that the humor in "Ten Dark Women" isn't pretty universal. (Just one example).

;~}

forkupine · #574 Post by **forkupine** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:42 pm

Rest in peace.

noelbotevera · #575 Post by **noelbotevera** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:41 pm

Michael Kerpan wrote:
noelbotevera wrote:I would count Fires on the Plain as a comedy, one of the blackest.
I still have yet to see this.

No! Really? Could just be me, but I thought it was deadpan hilarious. And horrific. But there's a sardonic skirting around the subject (human flesh was called 'monkey meat') that I found funny.

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