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Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director, Is Dead at 73
New York Times ^
| April 26, 2017
| Bruce Weber
Posted on 04/26/2017 10:27:35 AM PDT by Cecily
Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who observed emphatically American characters with a discerning eye, a social conscience and a rock n roll heart, achieving especially wide acclaim with The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia, died on Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 73.
His publicist, Leslee Dart, confirmed the death. Mr. Demme disclosed that he had cancer in 2015.
Mob wives, CB radio buffs and AIDS victims; Hannibal Lecter, Howard Hughes and Jimmy Carter: Mr. Demme (pronounced DEM-ee) plucked his subjects and stories largely from the stew of contemporary American subcultures and iconography. He created a body of work including fiction films and documentaries, dramas and comedies, original scripts, adaptations and remakes that resists easy characterization.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; hollywood; jonathandemme; manchuriancandidate; marriedtothemob; melvinandhoward; movies; obituary; philadelphia; silenceofthelambs; somethingwild; swimmingtocambodia; thesilenceofthelambs
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He made so many entertaining and memorable movies.
RIP.
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posted on
04/26/2017 10:27:35 AM PDT
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Cecily
To: Cecily
A master craftsman as a director, RIP.
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posted on
04/26/2017 10:35:40 AM PDT
by
drop 50 and fire for effect
("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)
To: Cecily
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posted on
04/26/2017 10:39:21 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: Cecily
Young fella, only my age.
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posted on
04/26/2017 10:40:08 AM PDT
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: TADSLOS
Everybody makes a mistake sooner or later..............
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posted on
04/26/2017 10:42:35 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Red Badger
Haven't heard of him in many years.
I remember his acceptance speech at the academy Awards for Silence Of The Lambs - he said "uh" something like 100 times.
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posted on
04/26/2017 10:47:46 AM PDT
by
simpson96
To: Red Badger
Everyone has a little Ishtar in their past.
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posted on
04/26/2017 10:59:56 AM PDT
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TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: TADSLOS
Yes, that would be a Bridge Too Far...............
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posted on
04/26/2017 11:01:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Cecily
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posted on
04/26/2017 11:02:57 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS!!!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/26/2017 11:06:47 AM PDT
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TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: TADSLOS
Hollywood is a Cutthroat Island to do business in.................
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posted on
04/26/2017 11:13:45 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Cecily
Never saw either of the two movies mentioned, and I never had a desire to, as I do not care to contribute to the degradation of our culture.
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posted on
04/26/2017 11:17:04 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
To: Cecily
The one I remember him for is “Stop Making Sense,” the Talking Heads concert film. For all you trivia buffs, what is the connection between the aforementioned movie and the cult favorite “Dr. Strangelove?”
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04/26/2017 11:18:22 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Keepin' it analog.)
To: Cecily
"Silence of the Lambs" is the movie that triggered Homosexual review committees for Hollywood produced movies and televisions scripts.
"Silence of the Lambs" is how we got homosexual promoting shows like "Will and Grace" or "Glee."
The Homosexual committee went from regulating scripts to soliciting scripts that painted homosexuals in a good light.
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posted on
04/26/2017 11:24:35 AM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: Red Badger
It really is a Battlefield Earth out there.
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posted on
04/26/2017 11:37:10 AM PDT
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TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: Cecily
“Something Wild” with Ray Liotta. My all-time favorite movie!!!
To: TADSLOS
It’ll all end at Heaven’s Gate..................
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posted on
04/26/2017 11:39:56 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Cecily
Didn’t realize he was a Florida boy.
To: Red Badger
I’m all Gigli just thinking about it.
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04/26/2017 11:52:50 AM PDT
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TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: TADSLOS
Well, you won’t be a Lone Ranger..................
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posted on
04/26/2017 11:56:29 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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