Reel-Important People is a monthly column that highlights those individuals in or related to the movies who have left us in recent weeks. Below you'll find names big and small and from all areas of the industry, though each was significant to the movies in his or her own way. Richard Aidala (c.1950-2013) - Chief projectionist for NYC's Museum of the Moving Image since its opening in 1988. He died after a brief illness on August 20. (MoMI's Facebook page) David C. Anderson (c.1941-2013) - First assistant director for the Bond films From Russia with Love, Dr. No and Thunderball, as well as on Tequila Sunrise and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. As a production manager, he also worked on The Deer Hunter, Flash Gordon, 200 Motels and The Man Who Would Be King...
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- 8/30/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
The Noteworthy: Elmore Leonard (1925-2013), Wrapping Locarno, Herzog's "From One Second to the Next"
News.
Influential author and screenwriter Elmore Leonard has passed away at the age of 87. David Hudson has collected some remembrances for the Daily.
The 66th Locarno Film Festival may have come to a close, but we're still rolling out coverage. In case you missed the award announcements, click here. If you're looking for a concise summary of the fest, Dennis Lim has you covered over at The Los Angeles Times. Also, make sure to watch this video of Golden Leopard winner Albert Serra (pictured above) being interviewed by...Albert Serra.
Finds.
Above: just a sampling of the stunning close-ups that comprise this image-piece by Rainer Knepperges that works backward through Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre. (Thanks to David Phelps for the link!). When asked about The Day the Clown Cried, Jerry Lewis usually gets grumpy and shrugs off the question, but Entertainment Weekly's Chris Nashawaty got a crack at ten questions...
Influential author and screenwriter Elmore Leonard has passed away at the age of 87. David Hudson has collected some remembrances for the Daily.
The 66th Locarno Film Festival may have come to a close, but we're still rolling out coverage. In case you missed the award announcements, click here. If you're looking for a concise summary of the fest, Dennis Lim has you covered over at The Los Angeles Times. Also, make sure to watch this video of Golden Leopard winner Albert Serra (pictured above) being interviewed by...Albert Serra.
Finds.
Above: just a sampling of the stunning close-ups that comprise this image-piece by Rainer Knepperges that works backward through Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre. (Thanks to David Phelps for the link!). When asked about The Day the Clown Cried, Jerry Lewis usually gets grumpy and shrugs off the question, but Entertainment Weekly's Chris Nashawaty got a crack at ten questions...
- 8/21/2013
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
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