William Hurt was an American actor known for his parts in Ken Russell’s drug epos Altered States (1980), the gay epic Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), the cyberpunk classic Dark City (1998) and Cronenberg’s A History of Violence (2005).
Hurt’s death has made me curious about Dark City, which I should have seen already but I have not.
Roger Graef was an American-born British documentary filmmaker known for such films as One of Them is Brett (1965) and Why Save Florence? (1968).
Veronica Carlson was a British actress best known for playing in Hammer horror films.
Above she takes refuge behind a cross in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968).
The publicity shot is from the cover of Midi Minuit Fantastique 21 (1970).
Ivan Reitman was a Czech-born Canadian film director and producer best known for directing Ghostbusters (1984).
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.
Margarita Lozano was a Spanish actress known for her parts in Viridiana (1961, Luis Buñuel) and A Fistful of Dollars (1964, Sergio Leone).
Pete Smith was a New Zealand actor known for performances such as Once Were Warriors (1994).
Jean-Jacques Beineix was a French film director best known for Betty Blue (1986).
There was something about this film, which I saw when I was 21, which I found very off-putting.
I can never forget when she smears that plate of spaghetti bolognese all over her face.
But the scene above, where she snubs the landlord and throws everything out of the caban by the sea, their beach house, is quite hilarious. Then she lights up the place, foreshadowing here coming madness.
Must see film when you are 21, totally optional afterwards.
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This happened in 2015, but I only found out today.
Pierre Jansen was a French composer working in film. He was in particular the permanent collaborator of Claude Chabrol for whom he composed the music for many films.
He also scored the above documentary Acera, or the Witches’ Dance (1972) by Jean Painlevé.
This happened in 2014 but I only found out today.
Miklós Jancsó directed many well respected films but you can find a copy of the less respected but more interesting Private Vices, Public Pleasures (1976) by googling for it. You will find it on a well-known porn website. The film is, along with similar outings such as The Beast (1975), typical from European sexual revolution cinema.