No love for Kiarostami from our film buffs?
His film Taste of Cherry won the Palme d'Or in 1997. Close-Up (1990) made the 2012 Sight & Sound list of the Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time. One of his last films was Certified Copy (2010) for which Juliette Binoche won the Best Actress award at Cannes.
Personally, I thought Certified Copy was contrived and difficult to watch. But I respect his long, successful career as a filmmaker.
RIP Alton Sterling
quote:Alton Sterling
If we're going to list every person shot by a police officer this is going to be a very long list.
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:quote:Alton Sterling
If we're going to list every person shot by a police officer this is going to be a very long list.
Who do you see doing that?
quote:Originally posted by indybob:quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:quote:Alton Sterling
If we're going to list every person shot by a police officer this is going to be a very long list.
Who do you see doing that?
I would have no idea what your future intentions are. Up to this point we've been RIPing men and women of distinction and accomplishment. Confucius says, "Journey of a thousand steps begins with the first step."
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:
Confucius says, "Journey of a thousand steps begins with the first step."
Oh, I'm so sorry good sir, I'll keep in line.
BTW, Confucious didn't come up with that idea, Laozi did.
quote:Originally posted by indybob:quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:
Confucius says, "Journey of a thousand steps begins with the first step."
Oh, I'm so sorry good sir, I'll keep in line.
BTW, Confucious didn't come up with that idea, Laozi did.
RIP Laozi.
That we'll agree on! 
RIP Nate Thurmond. Amazing individual and one of the top 50 lifetime in the NBA.
quote:Originally posted by Juicy:
RIP Nate Thurmond. Amazing individual and one of the top 50 lifetime in the NBA.
Great player.
Dennis Green- retired coach who delivered one of the greatest rants in NFL history
I have bumped into him occasionally around here the last few years. He must have retired around here.
One time I walked up to him and asked "are you who I think you are?". He smiled and laughed
I have bumped into him occasionally around here the last few years. He must have retired around here.
One time I walked up to him and asked "are you who I think you are?". He smiled and laughed
Character actor David Huddleston. Been in a lot of stuff, but this is how I like to remember him.
quote:Originally posted by mneeley490:
Character actor David Huddleston. Been in a lot of stuff, but this is how I like to remember him.
Also as Lebowski
Glenn Yarbrough
Baby The Rain Must Fall
Baby The Rain Must Fall
Fyvush Finkel
Age 93. Great star in Yiddish theatre, but won an Emmy for a role in Picket Fences too.
Age 93. Great star in Yiddish theatre, but won an Emmy for a role in Picket Fences too.
quote:Originally posted by irwin:
Fyvush Finkel
Age 93. Great star in Yiddish theatre, but won an Emmy for a role in Picket Fences too.
RIP. I did not know he was still alive
quote:Originally posted by Jcocktosten:quote:Originally posted by irwin:
Fyvush Finkel
Age 93. Great star in Yiddish theatre, but won an Emmy for a role in Picket Fences too.
RIP. I did not know he was still alive
He probably didn't know you were alive!!
The guy who played "R2D2" in the Star Wars series, Kenny Baker, died last week. The 3ft 8in actor, who starred in six Star Wars films as well as Time Bandits and Flash Gordon, was 81.
Kenny Baker obituary.
quote:The British actor who played R2-D2 in the Star Wars films has died at the age of 81 after a long illness. Kenny Baker, who was 3ft 8in tall, shot to fame in 1977 when he first played the robot character.
He went on to play the character in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, as well as the three Star Wars prequels from 1999 to 2005. He also appeared in a number of other much loved films in the 1980s, including The Elephant Man, Time Bandits and Flash Gordon.
Kenny Baker obituary.
"John McLaughlin, the host of TV’s The McLaughlin Group since its debut in January 1982, died on Tuesday at age 89."
I probably started watching his show right around when it began. So much better than today's usual panels on CNN, Fox, etc.
I probably started watching his show right around when it began. So much better than today's usual panels on CNN, Fox, etc.
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:
"John McLaughlin, the host of TV’s The McLaughlin Group since its debut in January 1982, died on Tuesday at age 89."
I probably started watching his show right around when it began. So much better than today's usual panels on CNN, Fox, etc.
I loved the SNL parodies of his show!