Passages
- flyonthewall2983
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- antnield
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The music of Robert and Richard Sherman was a major part of my childhood, particularly this piece. Good show, old man.
- antnield
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Jean Giraud, aka Moebius. (No English-language link as yet.)
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BBC News has it. This is depressing as fuck as his comic art is some of the best ever drawn. Anyone not interested in comic books should give his work a try at the very least. He was a visionary and will be sorely missed.antnield wrote:Jean Giraud, aka Moebius. (No English-language link as yet.)
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That's really unfortunate. Though I wonder what Jodorowsky will do now.antnield wrote:Jean Giraud, aka Moebius. (No English-language link as yet.)
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His work with Jodorowsky on The Incal was brilliant. He'll be missed.
Humanoids have been having some financial problems over the last few years. Hopefully Jodorowsky takes it as a sign he should devote his time to making at least one more film before he dies. It's sad that he can't get financing for anything, even relatively low budget fare like Kingshot. I can easily see him being at the top of his game if given the chance. Years of scripting comic books have done wonders for his writing. His scripts still have all the nutty surrealism that people love about Holy Mountain/El Topo but also some pretty solid structure in terms of plot, characterization, etc.knives wrote:That's really unfortunate. Though I wonder what Jodorowsky will do now.antnield wrote:Jean Giraud, aka Moebius.
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If he wanted to make a film then I'm sure he could. People all over the film are making no-budget films on digital cameras, it wouldn't be a King Shot but could lead to more publicity and funding for one last big film.
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OK, my girlfriend and I are disagreeing with the pronunciation.
She says Moebius is pronounced "Moby-Us", I say "Mebby-Us"
Who is right?
She says Moebius is pronounced "Moby-Us", I say "Mebby-Us"
Who is right?
- jwd5275
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Was watching french news this morning and the anchor distinctly said moby-us. The cavaet is that it was the english language service of the broadcast...
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Just saw this today. Sad news. Anybody who's never listened to the Firesign Theater, especially their album "Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers" is in for a treat.kinjitsu wrote:Peter Bergman, co-founder of Firesign Theatre
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Now that is a seriously freaky coincidence - I read his Wikipedia biog only on Monday.Duncan Hopper wrote:Ulu Grosbard
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He did some very interesting work - not always successful but always interesting. One film that was successful was the masterful Georgia, one of the 90s' best films. RIP.Duncan Hopper wrote:Ulu Grosbard
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May I direct you to the wiki page of Piers Morgan?MichaelB wrote:Now that is a seriously freaky coincidence - I read his Wikipedia biog only on Monday.Duncan Hopper wrote:Ulu Grosbard
- MichaelB
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The reason why I was looking up his Wikipedia biog was that I was curious as to why heavyweight actors like Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall seemed to work with him a lot. In fact, the NYT obituary makes this even more explicit: they specifically wanted him as their director.
I've always got the impression that he was an outstanding actors' director, probably an outstanding stage director (at least by reputation), but he never seemed to get on with film to quite the same extent. But there's no shame in that.
I've always got the impression that he was an outstanding actors' director, probably an outstanding stage director (at least by reputation), but he never seemed to get on with film to quite the same extent. But there's no shame in that.
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Georgia is a grossly misunderstood masterpiece
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I didn't like Georgia, but The Subject Was Roses is one of my favorite films. Patricia Neal (still visibly hobbled by her stroke) gives a towering performance, and Grosbard's direction is the textbook example of how to involve the audience in a filmed play without "opening it up."
I saw Grosbard speak about the film last year, and he seemed fine; too bad to see him go.
I saw Grosbard speak about the film last year, and he seemed fine; too bad to see him go.
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Straight Time is one of Hoffman's best performances, and it has strong early turns from Gary Busey, Theresa Russell and Kathy Bates as well. Grosbard's reputation should be better just based on this one alone.MichaelB wrote:The reason why I was looking up his Wikipedia biog was that I was curious as to why heavyweight actors like Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall seemed to work with him a lot. In fact, the NYT obituary makes this even more explicit: they specifically wanted him as their director.
I've always got the impression that he was an outstanding actors' director.
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Robert Fuest.
Link to follow.
Link to follow.