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L.A. wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 6:34 pm Toots Hibbert.

Little anecdote:

Back in the mid-2000's I was manager of Library Services for alternative/art comic book store, The Beguiling, here in Toronto. It used to be located in the heart of Mirvish Village, one of the last residential/retail neighbourhoods with any personality in our downtown core (before the condo developers took over everything), right next to discount superstore, Honest Ed's, and a half-block away from historic club venue, Lee’s Palace (geographical context for all you film aficionados, both are very specific Scott Pilgrim locations).

Thanks to store owner, Peter’s, constant rotation of classic ska and reggae CDs in the store, I'd become a huge fan of Toots and the Maytals during my first year as manager, and one 2005 summer evening, the band were going to play a show at Lee’s. My plan was, work until closing, grab some dinner, then head over to the club for the show. Around 4 pm, I headed out for my afternoon coffee and passed Lee’s Palace along the way. Parked out front of the club was a huge tour bus. Leaning against that tour bus, rooting through his pockets like a fiend, was the man, himself, Toots Hibbert. He noticed me passing, hailed me down, and asked me if I had a light. I apologized and informed him that I didn’t smoke.

And with the depth of soul that only a true poet can muster, Toots replied, simply, “Fucking Canadians.”

He will be missed, but at least we have a wonderful five decade legacy of beautiful, beautiful music.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Well great

Awful, both in terms of the loss and in terms of the bitter conflict that will arise from it. Thanks, 2020.

Quite. R.I.P.

Remembered by her fellow justices.

She was reportedly close to Scalia but she was probably close to many of them. I don't doubt the sincerity of Thomas's words. Ideologically they may be very distant from one another, but the warmth (not to mention lack of personal rancor) is bittersweet for how it will contrast with the coming months. Maybe it's against decorum, but if things get bad enough, I wonder if the justices of the Court would ever issue a united statement pleading for not just civility but an uncorrupted process? It would seem like a pat, network dramedy scenario, but I'd prefer it to our current, horrid reality TV atmosphere.

For a second there that read to me like a shocking double whammy: Ozzy Osbourne + Uriah Heep drummer Lee Kerslake

Michel Lonsdale

Another Michel who seemed to pop up in every European production since the late sixties. Always a fascinating
actor to watch. His bit in Bunuel's The Phantom of Liberty is great.

Also liked him in The Bride Wore Black, Out 1, and Day of the Jackal

One of those actors you're always glad to see. His performance in Out 1 is an all timer.

Production designer Ron Cobb - if you don't know the name, you'll certainly know the work.

Red Screamer wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 4:58 pm One of those actors you're always glad to see. His performance in Out 1 is an all timer.

For sure. He committed hard to that insane experiment. He's not the only one, but he big part of keeping it afloat and helping me make it all the way through!

JSC wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:59 pm

Michel Lonsdale

Another Michel who seemed to pop up in every European production since the late sixties. Always a fascinatingactor to watch. His bit in Bunuel's The Phantom of Liberty is great. Also liked him in The Bride Wore Black, Out 1, and Day of the Jackal

It was fun on revisiting Ronin recently to see him turn up for a cameo in the 'explanation of the terms ronin and seppuku' scene!

So many interesting film roles, everything from the big bad guy in Moonraker and the Abbot in the Jean-Jacques Annaud version of The Name of the Rose, to supporting roles in everything from The Remains of the Day to Jefferson In Paris and Alejandro Amenábar's underrated Agora (though I am biased as somebody who took Library Studies at University to be partial towards anything that features a librarian as a heroic lead character!). He's also in François Ozon's 5x2, Catherine Breillat's The Last Mistress and perhaps most prominently recently in Of Gods And Men.

CJG wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:46 pm Michel Lonsdale

So prolific, with many roles that stand out, though I always think of him first from his dry dictation in Eustache’s Une sale histoire

okcmaxk wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:02 pm Michael Chapman

A few months ago, I stumbled on to a lengthy series of video interviews Chapman gave on his entire career. He seemed to do many of those in his retirement (and is essentially the most valuable bonus feature on Indicator's BD release of The Last Detail). Most amusing was his recollections on The Fugitive, which surprisingly earned him his only Oscar nomination outside of Raging Bull - he has spoken much about his other work, but this was the first time I'm ever heard him talk about The Fugitive and it feels like a sad portrait of how different it was to work in Hollywood in 1993 versus 1980.

Taxi Driver and Raging Bull alone earns him a place among the immortals, and his resume as a camera operator is similarly impressive (The Landlord, Husbands, Klute, The Godfather, Jaws - he had no problem jumping back and forth between DP and camera operator gigs, to him it was steady work). He even has a memorable cameo in The Last Detail as the cab driver who tells them about the brothel.

L.A. wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:48 am Jackie Stallone

While everyone will probably mention her stint on the UK edition of Big Brother, I was particularly glad to get introduced to The Silver Foxes: Shape Up America! workout video on an edition of the Red Letter Media "Wheel of the Worst" show, in which Jackie (taking it too seriously) gets involved in a dominance feud with Laurie Williams (Robin Williams' mother) for supremacy and the hand of Harry Hoffman (Dustin Hoffman's dad), whilst Sal Pacino (Al Pacino's dad) doesn't take anything seriously!

It is good to know that even when you are extremely famous that your parents can still manage to thoroughly embarrass you by their antics!

(That is also the same episode that introduced me to the amazing Christmas With Dennis as well!)

Tommy DeVito, from COVID-19. A founding and longtime member of the Four Seasons, he was the baritone vocalist and lead guitarist for the group and inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the other three original members in 1990.

okcmaxk wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:02 pm Michael Chapman

(Should probably have a dedicated thread at this point.)

Just why the poster decided to break up this interview in 94 parts is a mystery but here's the full playlist of a 2004 interview.

ando wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:49 pm

okcmaxk wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:02 pm Michael Chapman

(Should probably have a dedicated thread at this point.)

Just why the poster decided to break up this interview in 94 parts is a mystery but here's the full playlist of a 2004 interview.

I think this is where I saw those interview on The Fugitive. Anyone know the identity of the DP he replaced?

hearthesilence wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:40 amI think this is where I saw those interview on The Fugitive. Anyone know the identity of the DP he replaced?

I believe Frank Tidy (who did a brilliant job photographing Ridley Scott's The Duellists) was the first cinematographer on The Fugitive. Here is a picture of a clapperboard from the shooting with both of their names on it.

Production Designer/Concept Artist Ron Cobb.

Incredible resume. He wasn't the chief visual architect of films on a large number of films, but he was responsible for designing things
like Doc Brown's DeLorean and the Nostromo in Alien.