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Post by petrolino on Apr 8, 2017 20:24:47 GMT
Comedienne Libuse Havelkova has died at the age of 92. Havelkova is beloved in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for her performances in Jirina Pokorna-Makoszova's films and Ladislav Rychman's landmark musical 'Hop Pickers' (1964). At the beginning of her career, Havelkova worked on a range of projects in both cinema and theatre with early mentor Vaclav Krska. Although she tended to favour working in television and theatre, Havelkova turned out for adventurous filmmakers like Vaclav Vorlicek, Oldrich Lipsky, Vojtech Jasny, Karel Kachyna, Jiri Menzel, Juraj Herz, Dusan Hanak and Jaromil Jires, innovators who warmly embraced her talent. She was an eye-catching performer with an ability to make people laugh.
Relja Basic has died at the age of 87. Basic was born in Zagreb, Croatia on 14th February (Saint Valentine's Day), 1930 to musical parents. He became a giant of Yugoslav theatre and a major figure in the national cinema. He went on to work with an impressive array of international talent, confirming his position as one of Croatia's premier performers.
Director Christopher Morahan has died at the age of 87. Among his best loved films were the U K grunge classic 'All Neat In Black Stockings' (1969) and the comedy smash 'Clockwise' (1986).
Composer Paul O'Neill has died aged 61. O'Neill was co-founder of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
It's been reported that ballet dancer Mary Menzies passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 8th 2017. She was 88. Menzies was selected to dance in several film productions. She was also asked to appear in 'Pit And The Pendulum' (1961) by director Roger Corman (both came from Detroit, Michigan).
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 10, 2017 17:34:31 GMT
Kim Yeong Ae has died at the age of 65. Yeong Ae enjoyed a long and fruitful career in films and television. Her performance in Go Yeong-Nam's wall-breaking supernatural mystery 'Suddenly In The Dark' (1981) has been cited as one of the greatest in South Korean horror cinema.
Jiri Ornest has died aged 70. Ornest worked primarily in theatre but sometimes took on character roles in film and television. In the 1970s he appeared in two films for Karel Kachnya, 'The Little Mermaid' (1976) and 'The Death Of A Fly' (1977).
Satirist John Clarke has died aged 68. Clarke wrote or co-wrote screenplays for several films including Paul Cox's 'Lonely Hearts' (1982).
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Post by gunshotwound on Apr 13, 2017 2:28:43 GMT
Michael Ballhaus August 5, 1935 - April 12, 2017
Michael Ballhaus, the revered cinematographer who brought his distinct visual sense to the works of Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, has died at 81. The German director of photography earned three Academy Award nominations throughout his career, which spanned more than half a century. Last year he was recognized with a Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the Berlin Film Festival.
Among his best-known films were Fassbinder’s “The Marriage of Maria Braun,” James L. Brooks’ “Broadcast News” (which earned him his first Oscar nod) and “The Departed,” one of several collaborations with Scorsese — Ballhaus also lensed “After Hours,” “The Last Temptations of Christ,” “Goodfellas” and “The Age of Innocence.” He began his career in Germany, first coming to attention for the many films he made with Fassbinder, before making his way to Hollywood.
Once there, he also worked with Mike Nichols (“Working Girl,” “Postcards From the Edge”), Robert Redford (“Quiz Show”) and Barry Levinson (“Sleepers”), among many others. Ballhaus was born in Berlin on August 5, 1935. His cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 13, 2017 17:05:28 GMT
Michael Ballhaus August 5, 1935 - April 12, 2017
Michael Ballhaus, the revered cinematographer who brought his distinct visual sense to the works of Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, has died at 81. The German director of photography earned three Academy Award nominations throughout his career, which spanned more than half a century. Last year he was recognized with a Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the Berlin Film Festival.
Among his best-known films were Fassbinder’s “The Marriage of Maria Braun,” James L. Brooks’ “Broadcast News” (which earned him his first Oscar nod) and “The Departed,” one of several collaborations with Scorsese — Ballhaus also lensed “After Hours,” “The Last Temptations of Christ,” “Goodfellas” and “The Age of Innocence.” He began his career in Germany, first coming to attention for the many films he made with Fassbinder, before making his way to Hollywood.
Once there, he also worked with Mike Nichols (“Working Girl,” “Postcards From the Edge”), Robert Redford (“Quiz Show”) and Barry Levinson (“Sleepers”), among many others. Ballhaus was born in Berlin on August 5, 1935. His cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
"Virtuoso German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus began his career holding lightweight cameras and shooting day and night, often with only available light and at incredible speed, for Rainer Werner Fassbinder in the 1970s. His fluid work in After Hours accentuates the delirium and adds some disorienting camera angles and the blur of neon lights, illuminating faces now with reds, now acid greens and blues. Throw in jazzy cutting by Scorsese’s long time favourite editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, and you have a team born to make wild movies together. Scorsese has noted that the film was “an exercise completely in style”, but it has always been more than that. “I was… remembering how to make a picture. To have a smaller crew, move faster…” Paul’s (Griffin Dunne) headlong downwards trajectory comes to seem part of a demented domino theory or possibly even a mousetrap-like game."
- Jonathan Dawson, Senses Of Cinema
“It was Michael who really gave me back my sense of excitement in making movies. For him, nothing was impossible. If I asked him for something difficult, he would approach it with enthusiasm ... For over 20 years, Michael Ballhaus and I had a real creative partnership, and a very close and enduring friendship. By the time we met, he had already made film history with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and I revered him. He was a lovely human being, and he always had a warm smile for even the toughest situations—anyone who knew him will remember his smile."
- Martin Scorsese, DeadlineThanks for the movies. Michael Ballhaus Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Apr 13, 2017 17:21:00 GMT
Asian cinema has lost two of its most important filmmakers this week.
Park Nam-Ok has died at the age of 94. Nam-Ok is believed to have been the first female feature film director in South Korea. While making 'The Widow' (1955), she faced staunch resistance. The first recipient of the Park Nam-Ok Award at the Seoul International Women's Film Festival was Yim Soon-Rye who paid tribute to a brave cinematic trailblazer.
Experimental filmmaker Toshio Matsumoto has died at the age of 85. Matsumoto made history with his groundbreaking avant-garde feature 'Funeral Parade Of Roses' (1969), a Greek myth reinterpreted as monochromatic psychedelia by performers plucked from Japan's creative gay underground. Seeing his work was said to be a turning point for leading American film director Stanley Kubrick among others.
"One of the great pioneers of Sixties counter-cinema, Japanese director, video artist and critic Toshio Matsumoto rose to prominence as a daring stylist and fearless provocateur whose radically experimental films shattered social and aesthetic taboos with inspired precision and energy. Matsumoto began as a documentary filmmaker, directing a series of abstract and subtly political shorts that applied a mode of poetic anthropology to postwar society and culture."
- The Harvard Film Archive
May they rest in peace.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 13, 2017 17:42:23 GMT
Popular actor Peter Hansen has died aged 95. I like Hansen in Rudolph Mate's science-fiction picture 'When Worlds Collide' (1951). He's remembered in 'Variety' : Peter Hansen (1921 - 2017)Ol' Man Jimmie Booth has died at the age of 91. Booth was a wild west trooper who could jump any wagon and tame any horse. Margarita Isabel has died aged 73. Isabel was a talented character actress whose popularity grew as she got older. Among her best known films are Alfonso Arau's studied romance 'Like Water For Chocolate' (1992) and Guillermo Del Toro's low budget horror 'Cronos' (1993). Comedian Charlie Murphy has died aged 57 following a long period of illness. Murphy popped up in small character roles in some interesting movies, including a pair of films for Spike Lee, 'Mo' Better Blues' (1990) and 'Jungle Fever' (1991). He also worked with his brother Eddie Murphy, beginning with 'Harlem Nights' (1989) which Eddie directed. I'd like to mention the passing of Spanish director Francisco Perez-Dolz who was 95. Perez-Dolz directed a handful of genre flicks in the 1960s, having worked as an assistant director to some of Spain's most prominent commercial directors in the 1950s. I hope to one day see his work.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 15, 2017 17:22:52 GMT
It's been reported yesterday that musician Bruce Langhorne has passed away following a long period of illness. He was 78. Langhorne worked with countless artists from the folk circuit and was a core member of the Greenwich Village scene in New York. He composed film music for William Asher, Peter Fonda, Bob Rafelson and Jonathan Demme.
"The spread of the drug culture. It was when everybody got high, and you knew that all of your brothers and sisters got high. And everyone was a brother and sister 'cause they got high with you. It was them and us. It was the creative people who really propelled this movement forward, like with Woodstock and all kinds of things. There were like the Beatles bringing in Indian music, and then everyone was influenced by music from everywhere at that point. There was really a total synthesis. I was in New York for part of that time -- well, probably for all of that time. And I got to play with Hughie Masekela from South Africa, and I got to work with Belafonte, who was doing music from the Caribbean and all over the place, and I got to play -- 'cause a lot of people who were experimenting, who were folk people, who were experimenting with electronic music. I did an interview with some magazine, I think it might have been Sing Out!, but I don't really remember if it was Sing Out! or another magazine. Someone asked me what I thought, and what I heard for the future. And I said, I hear a synthesis. I hear a... everyone's going to take the aesthetics from all different types of music, and put 'em together..."
- Bruce Langhorne speaking with Richie Unterberger
Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Apr 15, 2017 21:06:07 GMT
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Post by jeffersoncody on Apr 16, 2017 7:05:34 GMT
That's terribly sad Mike, thanks for letting us know. Funny enough we watched the final part of the enjoyable BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's DECLINE AND FALL - in which he has a delightful supporting role, just yesterday. He was superb as the menacing Merrick in THE JEWEL AND THE CROWN. I also enjoyed him in the marvellous mini-series NORTH & SOUTH and THE REMAINS OF THE DAY - where he plays the butler who Emma Thompson's Miss Kenyon marries when she finally realizes Anthony Hopkins' James Stevens is never going to propose to her. A fine British stage actor and directot who always made an impression in the films and televison series he appeared in. It's a bit of a shock because he looks in good health in DECLINE AND FALL.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Apr 23, 2017 1:19:05 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Apr 23, 2017 1:20:58 GMT
tmz.comErin Moran, who famously played Joanie Cunningham on "Happy Days" and its spinoff "Joanie Loves Chachi", has died at 56 Sad news. Erin Moran R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 23, 2017 18:33:35 GMT
The great Italian screenwriter Enrico Medioli has died at the age of 92. Medioli co-wrote many films directed by Luchino Visconti in addition to his work for other prominent filmmakers.
Sculptress Magdalena Abakanowicz has died aged 86. Abakanowicz was one of the most important artists of the 20th century and is credited with having influenced many art directors and set designers.
Experimental filmmaker Jacques Robiolles has died at the age of 82. Robiolles directed art projects, video essays, short subject films and documentaries but is perhaps best known for his work as an actor (notably for the dark fantasists Claude Chabrol, Francois Truffaut, Jean Rollin and Jean-Francois Davy).
Composer and orchestrator Gordon Langford has died aged 86.
American movie producer J.C. Spink has died aged 45.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 23, 2017 18:35:19 GMT
Gustavo Rojo has died aged 93. Rojo was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1923, the son of playwright and novelist Mercedes Pinto. His career in movies took him from Argentina to Cuba, the United States to Mexico, from Spain to France and beyond. Rojo appeared in scores of entertainments and was a popular performer in action adventures.
Witold Pyrkosz has died. He was 90 years old. Pyrkosz made his film debut in 1956, just as the Polish Film School movement was about to explode. He worked with giants of the national cinema like Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz, Jerzy Passendorfer, Wojciech Has, Sylwester Checinski, Jerzy Hoffman, Andrzej Wajda, Roman Zaluski, Krzysztof Zanussi and Juliusz Machulski, to name but a few. Pyrkosz was a distinguished actor with exceptional comic timing who won many awards in his homeland.
French actress Yvonne Monlaur has passed away at the age of 77. Monlaur made many films in Europe during the 1950s and 1960s before taking early retirement. She appeared in two British horror classics, Sidney Hayers' twisted carnival show 'Circus Of Horrors' (1960) and Terence Fisher's elegant vampire tale 'The Brides Of Dracula' (1960). She was a wonderful performer.
Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Apr 26, 2017 18:40:53 GMT
Jonathan Demme has died at the age of 73. He was born on February 22nd, 1944 in Baldwin, New York. He shared a birthday with Luis Bunuel, Giulietta Masina & Miou-Miou. He's remembered in Variety : Jonathan Demme (1944 - 2017)"Jonathan Demme was a great artist, humanitarian, activist & a warm encouraging colleague. I've known very few like him."
- Ron Howard
“Whenever I ran into Jonathan, he was filled with enthusiasm and excitement about a new project. He took so much joy in moviemaking. His pictures have an inner lyricism that just lifts them off the ground – even a story like ‘The Silence of the Lambs.’ I have great admiration for Jonathan as a filmmaker – I love the freshness of his style and his excellent use of music, from Buddy Holly to Miklos Rozsa. There’s so much more to be said, and I hardly know where to begin. I also loved him as a friend, and to me he was always young. My young friend. The idea that he’s gone seems impossible to me.”
- Martin Scorsese
“My wife Julie and I were friends with Jonathan Demme for over 40 years. He started in Publicity at New World Pictures before writing and directing his early films for us, but really, he was a friend first and foremost. His Greatness as a filmmaker and as an artist is only exceeded by his Greatness as a human being. Our thoughts are with Jonathan’s family.”
- Roger Corman
Michelle Pfeiffer in 'Married To The Mob'
Jodie Foster in 'The Silence Of The Lambs'
Anne Hathway in 'Rachel Getting Married'
"Deeply sad to hear my friend, neighbor, and colleague Jonathan Demme has passed on. He was one of the real good guys. I miss you, buddy."
- Stephen King
“A big-hearted, big tent, compassionate man in full embrace in his life of people in need and of the potential of art, music, poetry and film to fill that need. A big loss to the caring world.”
- Meryl Streep
“I am heart-broken to lose a friend, a mentor, a guy so singular and dynamic you’d have to design a hurricane to contain him. Jonathan was as quirky as his comedies and as deep as his dramas. He was pure energy, the unstoppable cheerleader for anyone creative. Just as passionate about music as he was about art, he was and will always be a champion of the soul. JD, most beloved, something wild, brother of love, director of the lambs. Love that guy. Love him so much.”
- Jodie Foster
Jonathan Demme, Bruce Springsteen & Ted Demme
Charles Aznavour & Jonathan Demme
Neil Young & Jonathan Demme
I've been watching and enjoying Demme's work for as long as I can remember; I consider him to be one of America's greatest filmmakers. I'll miss him. Thanks for the movies Jonathan, and thanks for the music. Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Apr 26, 2017 18:53:03 GMT
Actress Kathleen Crowley has died at the age of 87. Tributes are being paid at online horror movie sites and western fan sites to the beloved b-movie starlet who blazed a bright trail through the 1950s and lit up America's television screens. Thanks for the movies. Rest in Peace
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Post by mikef6 on Apr 27, 2017 14:22:24 GMT
Cuba Gooding, Sr died on April 21.
"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of singer and actor, Cuba Gooding Sr. The 'Everybody Plays the Fool' singer and father of actor Cuba Gooding Jr, was found dead in a car on Thursday in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
He was 72-years-old.
According to various media outlets, firefighters responded to a call at 12:58pm PT and found his body slumped over in his silver Jaguar. Unfortunately, efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. It is also reported that authorities found empty alcohol containers and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle.
...He was often seen at major Hollywood events alongside his famous sons, Cuba and Omar."
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Post by petrolino on Apr 28, 2017 20:37:46 GMT
It's been reported that novelist and screenwriter William Hjortsberg has died. Hjortsberg was born in New York on February 23rd, 1941. He penned a screenplay in the 1970s for prolific film producer Roger Corman, 'Thunder And Lightning' (1977) which featured a cameo from pulp writer Charles Willeford, and later contributed to the teleplay for Corman's tv production 'The Georgia Peaches' (1980). Like several of his contemporaries - Michigan men Jim Harrison & Thomas McGuane who also worked as scriptwriters, Washington poet Richard Brautigan, travelogue spinner Tim Cahill of Tennessee - Hjortsberg held down connections to a rich literary scene that made its base in Livingston, Montana, and it was in Livingston where he passed away aged 76.
Greece's King of Slapstick, Stathis Psaltis, has passed away aged 66 following a long period of illness. Psaltis maintained a remarkable level of popularity at home for his work in television and theatre, reaching a wider audience through his films. He was also an accomplished musician.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 29, 2017 14:27:56 GMT
Actor Eric Mason has died aged 90. Mason was a proud, long-serving member of the latino company Theater 40 based in California. He appeared in the horror movies 'Grave Of The Vampire' (1972), 'Scream Blacula Scream' (1973) and 'Kiss Of The Tarantula' (1976).
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Post by petrolino on May 1, 2017 19:18:35 GMT
Lorna Gray, also known as Adrian Booth, has passed away at the age of 99. Gray was born on 26th July, 1917 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Before becoming an actress, Gray sang with Ben Yost's Varsity Coeds in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois. Among her many film roles, Gray played Clementine Cheshire in the musical 'O, My Darling Clementine' (1943) and took a pie in the face for the Three Stooges in 'Three Sappy People' (1939).
Playwright William M. Hoffman has died aged 78. He wrote the play behind the television movie 'As Is' (1986) in which Robert Carradine played one of the first screen characters with AIDS; Steve Buscemi appeared on the big screen in 'Parting Glances' (1986) around the same time.
R.I.P.
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Post by mikef6 on May 3, 2017 16:45:46 GMT
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