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Post by Richard Kimble on Feb 20, 2017 17:14:35 GMT
Death notice
 The IMDb Message Boards passed away Sunday night, February 19, 2017. The forum had learned of its terminal condition a few weeks earlier. The IMDb MB had enjoyed a mostly well-behaved childhood, but became far more difficult to handle around 20o7 after being introduced to video games and the subgroup that plays them. A later interest in political matters would unfortunately develop into a pathological obsession, ultimately contributing to its premature demise. The forum is survived by thousands of devoted users. The IMDb MB asked that it be remembered as a place where movie lovers were able to exchange information and ideas, and that memorials in its name NOT be posted on Facebook or Twitter.
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Post by gadolinium on Feb 20, 2017 22:18:10 GMT
R.I.P.
It should be included in the in memoriam segment at the Oscars.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Feb 20, 2017 22:27:41 GMT
Rumors abound. Suicide? Mercy killing? Execution-style murder? Depends upon who's being asked, and possible motives remain equally murky.
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Post by jervistetch on Feb 21, 2017 5:55:36 GMT
Richard Kimble,
That is priceless.
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Post by petrolino on Feb 24, 2017 22:24:52 GMT
Japanese filmmaker Seijun Suzuki has died at the age of 93. Here's an article in The Guardian remembering the bad boy of Nikkatsu movie house. Seijun Suzuki (1923 - 2017)Greek filmmaker Nikos Koundouros has died at the age of 91 following a long period of illness. “The Ogre of Athens” (1956) is considered by some Greek film critics to be the finest Greek film of the 1950s. Screenwriter John Gay has passed away aged 92. He's remembered with fondness in The Hollywood Reporter. John Gay (1924 - 2017) Director Antony Mitra Das has died at the age of 103. His daughter Fatima Usha spoke of his remarkable passion for movies : “He was also very conscious about his responsibilities to the country and the society which is why, he served the Army from 1942 till the end of the war. He was posted in Jabalpur and then Dhaka, Chittagong and Singapore for around four years. He came back and continued directing movies. When he started off in films, most directors were making social dramas and he was very keen on directing films with comedy as the dominant theme. Even now, he was working on a Tamil film script and wanted to make a movie in two months." |
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Post by petrolino on Feb 24, 2017 23:26:00 GMT
Last weekend, imdb v1.0 officially closed down, ceasing operations at Sunday midnight, 19th February, 2017. On that same weekend, the world of art and entertainment bid a fond farewell to legendary actress Danuta Szaflarska, influential jazz guitarist Larry Coryell, theatrical avant-gardist Richard McMillan, political filmmaker Pasquale Squitieri and radical funk drummer Clyde Stubblefield among others.
This week we say goodbye to Gustaw Lutkiewicz who's died at the age of 93. He worked with some of Poland's greatest filmmakers including Jan Rybkowski, Janusz Majewski, Krzysztof Zanussi and Jerzy Hoffman. In the 1980s, Lutkiewicz worked on the cult tv show '4 Alternative Street'.
Antonio Casale has passed away, at the age of 84. A born eccentric, Casale worked multiple times with genre specialists Sergio Leone, Sergio Martino and Umberto Lenzi who encouraged his artistic side to come out. He turned out for some of Italian cinema's most striking visual stylists during the 1960s and 1970s : Franco Maselli, Alberto Cavallone, Giuliano Carnimeo, Giulio Petroni, Armando Crispino, Massimo Dallamano, Joe D'Amato, Tinto Brass. In addition to acting, Casale earned stripes as an assistant director.
And Alexei (Aleksey) Petrenko has died aged 78. Artists from all over Europe have been paying tribute to this powerful performer and a statement was released by the Russian Union of Cinematographers :
“On February 22, 2017 died an outstanding Russian actor Alexei Petrenko. The Union of cinematographers of Russia grieves together with the family of the outstanding Russian actor Alexei Petrenko.”
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Post by petrolino on Feb 26, 2017 15:47:04 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Mar 3, 2017 22:08:52 GMT
Filmmaker Jins Shamsuddin has died at the age of 81. Shamsuddin was an accomplished performer who studied under screen legend P Ramlee as a young man. He played an important role in the development of the inter-connected Malay and Singapore film industries, helping invoke the "golden galas" of the 1950s. In the early 1960s, Shamsuddin married actress and singer Rahmah Rahmat, before becoming known as the Malaysian James Bond for his popular franchise role Jefri Zain. Among his works as director, 'Bukit Kepong' (1981) has come to be considered a cornerstone of modern Malaysian political cinema.
"I learned a lot of acting from him although we never acted together. Jins Shamsuddin is my mentor" - Zul Ariffin
Hungarian stage star Katalin Berek has died at the age of 86. Berek worked with some of cinema's great experimentalists including Felix Mariassy, Sandor Sara, Gabor Koltay, Pal Zolnay who she married, and her friend Marta Meszaros.
Avant-garde musician Misha Mengelberg has died aged 81. During the 1960s when he first came to international prominence, Mengelberg composed music for Hugo Claus' war drama 'The Enemies' (1968) featuring Fons Rademakers.
Sound engineer Daniel Goldstein has died. Goldstein was a major figure in his field, collaborating with Carlos Saura, Bigas Luna, Alex De La Iglesia and Alejandro Amenabar during a career in film that stretched across four decades.
Veteran scriptwriter Howard Leeds has died aged 97. Leeds worked extensively on network and syndicated television shows.
Cinemonde journalist and gay rights activist Pierre Guenin has also passed away at the age of 90.
May they rest in peace.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 4, 2017 3:01:01 GMT
Petrolino, I'm so grateful to you for keeping us up to date on the passings of those who've made such a difference in so many lives. But I it always makes me sad, too. To all you have honored here, yes, may they rest in peace. Hi spiderwort. I'm grateful there's a place to come to remember those who've left us for their contributions to the arts. |
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Post by camimac on Mar 4, 2017 3:07:00 GMT
IMDb message boards
Alas, I knew some of them well and will miss them dearly, RIP
(But thanks to IMDB v2.0, there has been a life after).
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Post by petrolino on Mar 5, 2017 1:34:13 GMT
Actress and entertainer Miriam Colon has passed away at the age of 80. Here's Seth Kelley's obituary in 'Variety' : Miriam Colon ~ Latina Theater PioneerVideo radical Jean-Christophe Averty has died aged 88. He was an important figure in French television, music and radio who directed documentaries, video art installations, experimental pieces and literary adaptations. Croatian filmmaker Vladimir Tadej has died aged 92. Tadej was one of the industry's top production designers. As a director, he mainly specialised in family adventures, but also made the classic social satire 'Zuta' (1973). Serbian filmmaker Lazar Stojanovic has died aged 71. The director of 'Plastic Jesus' (1971) was prosecuted and jailed during his incendiary career as an artist. “People who fight for human rights are not politicians. They don’t want people to love them. You dig out things people want to hide and they will hate you for it.”
- Lazar Stojanovic, cited by members of the Associated Press in 'The Washington Post' ('Democracy Dies In Darkness') |
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 5, 2017 2:36:12 GMT
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 6, 2017 19:19:47 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Mar 12, 2017 14:12:14 GMT
'Pretty' Kitty Courbois has passed away aged 79. Courbois became a popular performer in Dutch cinema under the guidance of director Frans Weisz with whom she worked many times in theatre and film. When Paul Verhoeven left for Hollywood, Courbois joined up with him to make the grisly medieval fantasy 'Flesh & Blood' (1985), having already appeared in his dirt bike drama 'Spetters' (1980). She also worked with political filmmaker Wim Verstappen, French-born mystery-maker George Sluizer and the indefatigable Belgian Hugo Claus, confirming her position as one of the leading lights of European cinema. She will be missed.
English actor John Forgeham has died aged 75. He was a dependable tough nut whose film career stretched back to the 1960s.
English actor Tony Haygarth has died aged 72. He was a fine actor from the theatre who appeared in television and film from the 1960s on.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 14, 2017 23:18:44 GMT
Jack H. Harris, who produced the low-budget 1958 horror classic The Blob, died Tuesday. He was 98. Harris died of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, his daughter, Lynda Resnick, announced. Paramount's The Blob, directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., starred Steve McQueen in his big-screen debut. In the film, an oozing, amoeba-like alien crashes on Earth in a meteorite, then expands as it sucks up people and menaces a small town in Pennsylvania. The movie, made for just $110,000, caught on with audiences and grossed more than $3 million. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jack-h-harris-dead-blob-producer-was-98-986218
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Post by neurosturgeon on Mar 15, 2017 11:12:35 GMT
A very nice tribute to those who left last year: 2016 Deaths |
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Post by petrolino on Mar 18, 2017 16:23:36 GMT
The filmmaker Andras Kovacs has died at the age of 91. Kovacs was born in Romania but became a major force within the Hungarian film industry. I've not seen any of his films but would like to. His landmark picture 'Cold Days' (1966) is considered one of the greatest films in Hungarian cinema.
Palma Gyimesi has also died at the age of 94. Gyimesi's acting career spanned many decades and took in all manner of character roles in theatre, film and television, including a part in 'The Corporal And Others' (1965), another film I've not seen that's regarded as one of the greatest films in Hungarian cinema. At the beginning of her career, Gyimesi forged a strong association with the filmmakers Felix Mariassy and Laszlo Nadasy.
Tsunehiko Watase has died aged 72. Watase appeared in many films directed by Japanese crime specialist Kinji Fukasaku as well as Shinji Somai's cult yakuza satire 'Sailor Suit And Machine Gun' (1981).
Camera operator Bill Swearingen has died aged 79. He enjoyed a fine career in television but also lent his talents to the disaster classic 'Earthquake' (1974) and the high school musical 'Grease' (1978).
Artist Henri Cueco has died aged 87. Jean Becker's film 'Conversations With My Gardener' (2007), with Daniel Auteuil as the painter, is based on a novel written by Cueco. He also made some uncredited contributions to French cinema and worked on radio.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2017 22:23:39 GMT
Chuck Berry RIP
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Post by gadolinium on Mar 18, 2017 22:51:17 GMT
Chuck Berry RIP.
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Post by neurosturgeon on Mar 19, 2017 0:11:40 GMT
Roll over Beethoven, Chuck Berry is on his way...
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