
RIP Piero Gilardi (1942 – 2023)

Peter Schjeldahl was een Amerikaans kunstcriticus die voor het eerst op mijn radar verscheen toen hij het carnografische El Topo (1970) van Jodorowsky in de zomer van 1971 een “monumentaal werk van filmkunst” noemde.
Bij ons las niemand Schjeldahl, afgezien van Joost Zwagerman die hem minstens drie keer in zijn essays vermeldde.
Hier een cadeautje, de volledige versie van El Topo in het originele Spaans, met Portugese ondertitels.
RIP Peter Schjeldahl
Jim Seals was an American musician known for his work with Seals and Crofts and The Champs.
As a songwriter he is best-known for the composition “Summer Breeze” (1972), famously covered by Jackie Mittoo. “Summer Breeze” is in the Jahsonic 1000.
Bo Hopkins was an American actor known for secondary roles in films such as The Wild Bunch (1969), American Graffiti (1973) and Midnight Express (1978).
Jeffrey Escoffier was an American author, activist, media strategist and pornosopher.
Escoffier has long been an active participant in the American LGBT community. He is the editor of Sexual Revolution (2003).
Fred Ward was an American actor known for parts in films such as Miami Blues (1990), a film I enjoyed immensely and Tremors (1990), which is nearly as good as Miami Blues.
Jerzy Trela was a Polish actor. He was Billaud-Varenne in Danton (1983).
Bobby Rydell (1942 – 2022) was an American singer, actor and teen idol known for interpreting compositions such as “Sway“.
Dan Graham was an American visual artist known for such artworks as Belgian Fun (2004).
Douglas Trumbull was an American film director known for directing films such as Silent Running (1972) and Brainstorm (1983).
He also did special effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner and The Tree of Life.