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Post by Captain Spencer on Mar 28, 2019 19:53:53 GMT
Terrible news. I just found out that Larry Cohen passed away at his home on Saturday, Mar 23rd. He was 82. The cause of death was cancer. I've always been a fan. Whether as a director or just a writer, he delved into a variety of genres; horror, action, sci-fi, blaxploitation, thriller, and comedy. But he will likely be remembered for horror, since he did it so frequently. R.I.P. Mr. Cohen.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 28, 2019 20:47:57 GMT
Heard a few days ago-strange it didnt get much attention right away.
I watched the pilot of COOL MILLION recently which he wrote. He inspired Mick Garris in writing after interviewing him-he said Cohen said "'every asshole has a script in the back pocket' and he didn't want to be just another asshole."
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Post by James on Mar 28, 2019 21:31:10 GMT
R.I.P.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Mar 28, 2019 21:46:18 GMT
Big fan of The Stuff (1985). R.I.P.
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Post by wmcclain on Mar 28, 2019 23:39:03 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Mar 29, 2019 0:17:08 GMT
After being fired from another film he got this project together and started filming in 48 hours.
The other film he was fired from was I, The Jury.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 29, 2019 12:50:11 GMT
RIP.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Mar 29, 2019 16:37:18 GMT
Big fan of The Stuff (1985). R.I.P. Would you say that you can't get enough? 🤔
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Mar 29, 2019 16:38:40 GMT
His stuff was usually bat-shit crazy and he always swung for the fences, which meant he could also be very hit or miss. But when he hit, he hit hard (It's Alive, The Stuff).
Truly one of a kind, the likes of which we're not likely to see again.
R.I.P.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 29, 2019 17:25:06 GMT
He certainly made a name for himself in the shlock world, but he also had some mainstream titles under his belt, though sometimes as an uncredited writer, but if I recall correctly he was something of a Hollywood script doctor when he wasn't doing his own stuff. And he scored a reasonable wide release hit, eventually, with Phone Booth.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Mar 29, 2019 18:53:30 GMT
He certainly made a name for himself in the shlock world, but he also had some mainstream titles under his belt, though sometimes as an uncredited writer, but if I recall correctly he was something of a Hollywood script doctor when he wasn't doing his own stuff. And he scored a reasonable wide release hit, eventually, with Phone Booth. The 70s and 80s was when Cohen shined big time as a writer/director. When the 90s rolled in his directing career pretty came to a screeching halt; after The Ambulance in 1990, the only other movie he directed in that decade was Original Gangstas. But his writing skills kept him afloat in the movie business (something he reportedly bragged about), and he was grinding out script after script. Other Cohen-penned films I liked were Guilty As Sin and Cellular.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 29, 2019 20:02:22 GMT
One of my favourite filmmakers. Sad to see him go.
R.I.P.
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Post by egon1982 on Mar 31, 2019 17:01:13 GMT
One of my fave filmmakers, sad he's now dead RIP.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Apr 2, 2019 16:22:11 GMT
He certainly made a name for himself in the shlock world, but he also had some mainstream titles under his belt, though sometimes as an uncredited writer, but if I recall correctly he was something of a Hollywood script doctor when he wasn't doing his own stuff. And he scored a reasonable wide release hit, eventually, with Phone Booth. The 70s and 80s was when Cohen shined big time as a writer/director. When the 90s rolled in his directing career pretty came to a screeching halt; after The Ambulance in 1990, the only other movie he directed in that decade was Original Gangstas. But his writing skills kept him afloat in the movie business (something he reportedly bragged about), and he was grinding out script after script. Other Cohen-penned films I liked were Guilty As Sin and Cellular. I fairly recently (before died, unrelated) watched Cellular for the first time. I remember it coming out as a big mainstream release. And... It was not that bad. It wasn't great, but it had a sort of fun tone and had pretty good young cast with a distinct pair of faces that would go on to much bigger success. It's ludicrous and really emblematic of how little Hollywood writers of the time understood about even rudimentary, main stream technology, but it's not taken seriously. It's a good example of his mainstream sensibilities crossing over with his cheap genre stuff.
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