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

I think I am going to be alright

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.

Barry Morse, Lt. Gerard of The Fugitive

Official cause of death: Accidental Overdose

Eva Dahlbeck has died.

Sad news...great, underrated actor.

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

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!

One of my favorite under-rated actors. He's been in some of the most frightening scenes ever put on film.

"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.

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

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

Tony Silver, who directed Style Wars, has died.

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

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

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

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)

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

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?

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.

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).

;~}

Rest in peace.

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.