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lackery	Jules Dassin, legendary Film Noir director passes away...	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1492 (03/31/2008 16:46:50) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I love Jules Dassin films with a passion, he was responsible for directing 'Night and the City' with Richard Widmark and Brute Force, Riffi chez les hommes and Naked City. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/01/europe/EU-GEN-Greece-Obit-Dassin.php Simon Last Edited By: lackery 04/01/2008 00:22:14. Edited 1 time.
cinemarts		#1	[-]
Posts: 114 (03/31/2008 21:52:29) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, as Robert Altman observed in what he must have known was his own last film.... it's not a tragedy when an old man dies (or words to that effect)... but with the likes of Altman and Dassin, or any artist worth their salt, we are left with the rich legacy of what they wrought. Dassin was one of the greats, and much under-appreciated. Phil And definitely not off topic.
lackery		#2	[-]
Posts: 1493 (04/01/2008 00:27:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yes definately not off topic. Another film of his 'Thieves' Highway' an adaptation of the A.I. Bezzerides ( Kiss Me Deadly, On Dangerous Ground) novel is also quite excellent, changing the tyre on a truck will never seem quite the same again. Simon
fillyflynnridesagain		#3	[-]
Posts: 6106 (04/01/2008 04:26:24) Luverly Lass Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I simply love RIFIFI. He and Melina Mercouri were a great team! Shelly
BadAngel		#4	[-]
Posts: 470 (04/01/2008 07:38:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Brute Force ('47), The Naked City ('48) and Night and the City ('50). Three essential viewings if you haven't yet seen them. Odd that after Richard Widmark (one of my all-time favorites) passed two big names he could be linked to also go: Abby Mann (writer of Judgment at Nuremberg) and now Mr. Dassin (dir of Night and the City). R.I.P. to the three. - pj
comicart		#5	[-]
Posts: 2216 (04/01/2008 11:07:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Simon, Kiss Me Deadly is a novel written by Mickey Spillane
lackery		#6	[-]
Posts: 1495 (04/01/2008 11:48:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	comicart wrote: Simon, Kiss Me Deadly is a novel written by Mickey Spillane ......that's right, Bezzerides was the writer for the film 'Kiss Me Deadly' and did the screenplay for 'On Dangerous Ground' Simon
Kev		#7	[-]
Posts: 304 (04/01/2008 12:20:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	One of our contributors has just put up a nice tribute for those interested: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=67379 "I peed on the corpse. Can they do, like, an ID from that?"
the archie leach experience		#8	[-]
Posts: 1170 (04/01/2008 14:05:10) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	fillyflynnridesagain wrote: I simply love RIFIFI. He and Melina Mercouri were a great team! I agree. Rififi is one of my favorite films. The heist sequence alone is one of the best in film history. BTW, I happened to be in Athens when Mercouri passed away in 1994. The streets were packed 15 deep for her state funeral as tens of thousands paid their respects and, even though she died of lung cancer, her shrine was covered with her favorite cigarettes. I do, I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you, or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.

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