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Post by bravomailer on Dec 13, 2018 19:54:11 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Dec 14, 2018 13:37:22 GMT
Actress Sondra Locke passed away from breast and bone cancer on November 3 at the age of 74. She received an Oscar nomination as best supporting actress for her first movie role in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968).
Sondra Locke Variety Obituary
Sondra Locke was a proud Tennessee rebel (with a hint of Alabama) and one of life's true survivors. She hit the ground running, spent some time out on the fringe working in experimental cinema and conquered the mainstream as a double-act with Clint Eastwood. Always fascinating and forever spirited, she'll be greatly missed.
Thanks for the movies, Ms. Locke, and for all the great memories.
Sondra Locke Rest in Eternal Peace
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Post by petrolino on Dec 14, 2018 14:00:25 GMT
Filmmaker Ferenc Kosa has died at the age of 81. Kosa directed the drama 'Beyond Time' (1973) which is considered one of the great works of Hungarian cinema.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 14, 2018 14:07:50 GMT
Filmmaker Matti Kassila has died at the age of 94. Kassila specialised in romance in the 1950s, made a number of documentaries in the 1960s and helmed crowd-pleasing comedies in the 1970s. He scored a string of popular successes in Finland with the 'Inspector Palmu' series.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 16, 2018 2:19:52 GMT
The arts world has lost two valued character players who were important figures in theatre.
Charles Weldon has died aged 78.
Rodney Kageyama has died aged 77.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 18, 2018 18:47:16 GMT
Political filmmaker Kazimierz Kutz has died at the age of 89. Kutz was an assistant director to Andrzej Wajda in the 1950s, also working alongside Jerzy Passendorfer. He directed several war films that established his reputation as one of Poland's leading filmmakers. Kutz specialised in crafting small, intimate dramas dealing with difficult social issues and he documented significant chapters in Polish history of the 20th century. Like Wajda, Kutz was a major influence on directors associated with a 1970s collective that came to be known as the "Cinema of Moral Anxiety", helping to further a combined arts movement whose voices included Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Zanussi, Agnieszka Holland and Feliks Falk. An important and influential figure in Polish cinema, Kutz was said to be a deeply compassionate director whose interest was in the interests of people. He gifted the world classic films like 'Salt Of The Black Earth' (1970) and 'The Beads Of One Rosary' (1979).
"The Polish film industry ceased to function during World War II. After the war, the Łódź Film School (Państwowa Szkola Filmowa) formed the bedrock of the reborn Polish cinema. The school opened on October 8th 1948 and among its students were names that would go into the history books: Andrzej Munk, Andrzej Wajda, Janusz Morgenstern, and Kazimierz Kutz, documentary filmmakers Kazimierz Karabasz and Andrzej Brzozowski and cinematographers Jerzy Wójcik, Witold Sobociński, Mieczysław Jahoda, and Wiesław Zdort. Post-war cultural and artistic life in Poland unfolded slowly and had to put up with the beginning of censorship. Against that backdrop, Łódź Film School was progressive and innovative, a veritable bastion of artistic freedom. Lecturers and students followed the trends in European avant-garde, read the works of the Theatre of the Absurd, and revered the deep psychological analysis of Witold Gombrowicz and Franz Kafka. It was one of few places in the country which screened foreign films, European classics and the newest works of the Italian neorealist school. Its cinema rooms could barely hold the masses of students and visitors who wanted to see something unique."
- Bartosz Staszczyszyn, 'Lodz Film School - The Cradle Of Polish Filmmakers'
Thanks for the movies.
Kazimierz Kutz Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Dec 18, 2018 19:11:16 GMT
Comedy legend Penny Marshall has passed away at the age of 75. I love watching her on tv in 'Laverne & Shirley'.
Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams
Penny Marshall Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Dec 21, 2018 0:56:39 GMT
Distinguished theatre actor Donald Moffat has died aged 87. Moffat contributed a plethora of neat character turns in film and television.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 21, 2018 1:04:06 GMT
Filmmaker Peter Masterson has died aged 84. Masterson was a multi-talented playwright and theatre director who delivered many fine performances in cinema. He's remembered at 'Variety' : Peter Masterson (1934 - 2018)R.I.P.
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Post by timshelboy on Dec 21, 2018 8:10:59 GMT
Filmmaker Peter Masterson has died aged 84. Masterson was a multi-talented playwright and theatre director who delivered many fine performances in cinema. He's remembered at 'Variety' : Peter Masterson (1934 - 2018)R.I.P. Oh he was good. Watched THE STEPFORD WIVES with my parents a couple of weeks back (during a William Goldman discussion my Dad said he had never seen it) - I'd forgotten how effective he was in that one.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 24, 2018 17:14:56 GMT
Theatre actress Ethel Ayler has passed away aged 88. Ayler acted in Peter Kass' drama 'Time Of The Heathen' (1962), Charles Burnett's drama 'To Sleep With Anger' (1990) and Kasi Lemmons' drama 'Eve's Bayou' (1997).
Danish theatre actor Henning Palner has died aged 86. Palner often appeared in family films and comedies.
Production designer Michael Seymour has died at the age of 86. Seymour brought his talents to the 'Alien' franchise and the 'Beverly Hills Cop' franchise.
Dramatist John Ford Noonan has died at the age of 77. Noonan acted in Chris Columbus' comedy 'Adventures In Babysitting' (1987) and David O'Russell's comedy 'Flirting With Disaster' (1996).
Quirky Italian character player Ennio Fantastichini has died aged 63. Fantastichini earned strong notices for his work in Gianni Amelio's controversial drama 'Open Doors' (1990) and Ferzan Ozpetek's crowd-pleasing comedy 'Loose Cannons' (2010).
Documentary filmmaker Bill Siegel has died aged 55. Siegel co-directed 'The Weather Underground' (2002).
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 25, 2018 21:59:34 GMT
Osvaldo Bayer (18 February 1927 – 24 December 2018) Argentinian, author screenwriter, journalist & political activist, a member of the Federación Libertaria Argentina , Bayer's works have been adapted into a number of films and documentaries, he penned a number of incisive screenplays depicting the historic and tumultuous social struggle that has shaped the course of his country in the 20th century. Director Héctor Olivera's excellent political drama Rebellion in Patagonia (1974) is an adaptation of Osvaldo Bayer's novel, the acclaimed film won the Silver Bear at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival,. The story is based upon the military suppression of socialist and anarchist union movements in Santa Cruz Province during the early 1920s. The film caused an outcry, the government at the time promptly banned it throughout Argentina and the lives of all the individuals involved in the film's production were threatened, Osvaldo Bayer went into exile in Germany and did not return until the mid 80s... R.I.P
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Post by petrolino on Dec 26, 2018 2:28:05 GMT
Dorota Kwiatkowska has passed away aged 61. Kwiatkowska starred in Ryszard Ber's spiritual drama 'Thais' (1984) and Marek Nowicki's gothic horror 'The Phantom' (1984).
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 27, 2018 18:18:43 GMT
Filmmaker Jorge Grau has died at the age of 88. Grau directed a number of popular crime and horror films including 'The Legend Of Blood Castle' (1973), 'Violent Blood Bath' (1974), 'Let Sleeping Corpses Lie' (1974), 'Blood And Passion' (1975) and 'Code Of Hunting' (1983).
Thanks for the movies.
Jorge Grau Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Dec 27, 2018 23:47:57 GMT
American ballet dancer Sono Osato has passed away at the age of 99. Osato was born on August 29, 1919 in Omaha, Nebraska. She acted in Laslo Benedek's musical 'The Kissing Bandit' (1948).
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 27, 2018 23:54:34 GMT
Character actor Frank Adonis has died aged 83. Adonis was a member of Martin Scorsese and Abel Ferrara's stock companies, two of America's leading crime filmmakers.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 29, 2018 20:56:07 GMT
Action filmmaker Ringo Lam has died at the age of 63. Lam directed many films starring Chow Yun-Fat.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 29, 2018 21:00:13 GMT
Screenwriter Iaia 'Jaja' Fiastri has passed away aged 84. A noted dialogue writer, Fiastri worked with comedy filmmakers Steno, Alberto Lattuada, Luciano Salce, Pasquale Festa Campanile and Franco Brusati in the 1970s.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 29, 2018 21:02:52 GMT
Light comedienne June Whitfield has passed away aged 93. Whitfield was a member of the 'Carry On' comedy ensemble.
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 29, 2018 21:07:19 GMT
Legendary Danish animator Borge Ring has died aged 97.
R.I.P.
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