@PeaceSalad Yeah, little Dawnie. Very, very sad. The cause will remain unknown as the family has denied autopsy for religious reasons, but she recently had a liver transplant and there may have been complications. Police are not treating it as suspicious.
The Hackman thing, though. Really weird. My first thought was poisoning through a gas leak or something, but it seems the gas company has found no issues. Anyway, also very sad. Will re-watch "Crimson Tide" this weekend, which has one of my favourite Hackman performances.
That Gene Hackman news is awful and is starting to sound even worse than was intentionally reported. I think my favorite film of his would be Mississippi Burning, it tackled a really seriously topic in a really genuine way. I think it was one of my first introductions to racism, the concept just didn't exist to me, it still sounds nonsensical. I liked him in The Quick and the Dead too, it's not every day you see Sam Rami direct a Western and like you'd expect it doesn't take itself too seriously.
@FuriousMachine@JohnnyShoulder Both excellent choices, The Birdcage has some incredible performances in it. I really like Night Moves too, a real slow burner. I think now might be the time to finally pull the trigger on that 4K of The Conversation.
@PeaceSalad Not Raimi enough, so you'd probably like it. I think he wanted to try something different because after that he went more Hollywood, his very first film/short was a western so it could have been a nod to that too. I prefer old Raimi, I always have time for the original Evil Deads and Darkman. I thought the same thing might happen to Eli Roth, then Borderlands happened and confirmed it.
@FuriousMachine I ended up going with a Crimson Tide watch too. Absolutely blinding performances all around, the pressure cooker tension between Washington and Hackman is sublime. No one captures or directs like Tony Scott. I also seen that his DOP also worked with Ridley, must have been a tightnit family unit.
@PeaceSalad I did see that Beau is Afraid was an expansion of one of his shorts actually… I haven’t watched any of them though. I might have a look but have never really connected with shorts in the past.
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@graymamba Definitely worth checking out as more of a curiosity if nothing else as you can see the genesis of his style. The Strange Thing About the Johnsons in particular is worth a look.
@PeaceSalad Yeah, 100% agree with all you say re. Crimson Tide. Tony is easily my favourite Scott
I will also give a thumbs up to The Quick & The Dead; great cheesy fun (and the film knows it). Also, it has Lance Henriksen. I do love nearly every Sam Raimi movie, though, so I'm not a reliable yardstick for how enjoyable it is to non-Raimi fans. If you do check it out, hope it gives you some chuckles and an enjoyable time
Anora totally deserved that win. Out of all the nominees that was my pick for Best Picture, or possibly Conclave. I do think Isabella Rossellini should have taken it over Zoe Saldana though, Emilia Perez is a disaster through to its core and I wouldn’t even really say she’s got the catalogue to justify a pity award like they did for Judi Dench.
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