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RIP Sidney Lumet
Posted by Specs_Beard on 10 April 2011 - 9:04pm.
Extraordinary to think this was his first film...
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Oh wow
I had no idea he directed this, even though it's almost definitely one of my favourite films.
And of course led to this
absolute genius
shaped my views and values as I watched it on a sunday afternoon on telly back in the sixties-I was about 10- and should be a free dvd in the mail on sunday every week.Little chance it'll make much difference,but might make some of the smug wankers have a heart attack!
Underrated director
The Hill, Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict; all literate, well acted and visually interesting films. The opening tracking shot below (the first two minutes) is fantastic. Retrospective season please! RIP indeed.
I think I had to import The Hill
in from the USA as it isn't available in the UK. Fecking scandalous
Dog Day Afternoon
A stunning movie. I vividly remember watching this on TV in the early 80's with my conserative parents. Seeing their mood swing from initial disgust at Al Pacino and his doomed gang trying to rob a bank just to pay for his gay lover's sex change operation into seeing them rooting the gang on to succeed whilst hoping nobody gets hurt was really something else. They really don't make 'em like that any more
All of these are brilliant crime pics:
The Offence
Serpico
Prince of the City
The Verdict
Q&A
Night Falls on Manhattan
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
but Network is a masterpiece.
Sadly missed.
A career like a brief history of Hollywood...
Sidney Lumet was one of my favourite directors, especially prolific during my favourite film decades of the 60s and 70s. I like that he directed so many films which meant he made some good ones, some bad ones and - most importantly for me - some really different and interesting ones. In the latter category I'd nominate The Pawnbroker, The Offence and Prince Of The City. But pretty much all his films still make compelling viewing today. Except perhaps The Wiz...
He wrote a great book about making movies
called (believe it or not) "Making Movies"
Without talking himself up in any way he does exactly what the title suggests. It's highly recommended.
I copied this off Amazon...
Roger Ebert's cover blurb states "I am sometimes asked if there is one book a filmgoer could read to learn more about how movies are made and what to look for while watching them. This is the book."