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#6451 Post by hearthesilence » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:38 pm

Jazz great Arthur Blythe

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#6453 Post by colinr0380 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:38 am

BrianInAtlanta wrote:Robert Day
Robert Day is also in the Criterion collection, having directed three of the four films in the Monsters and Madmen box (Grip of the Strangler aka The Haunted Strangler, Corridors of Blood and First Man Into Space). In terms of other films, he co-directed (with Basil Dearden) The Green Man starring Alistair Sims, though he's probably most famous for his Hammer Film She and his comedy films starring Peter Sellers (Two-Way Stretch) and Tony Hancock (The Rebel, which there doesn't appear to be any trailer for around, but there is some silent premiere newsreel footage!)

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#6455 Post by MichaelB » Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:31 am

I can't find any news items yet, but quite a few of my friends who knew him personally are saying that Radley Metzger has died.

And he was 88, so not a huge surprise.

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#6456 Post by gcgiles1dollarbin » Sun Apr 02, 2017 1:14 pm

Ikutaro Kakehashi, Roland founder, "Godfather of MIDI," the man behind the 808, and consequently, the man behind much of early hip hop.

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#6458 Post by sir_luke » Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:01 pm

MichaelB wrote:I can't find any news items yet, but quite a few of my friends who knew him personally are saying that Radley Metzger has died.

And he was 88, so not a huge surprise.
Shame. The Lickerish Quartet was the first older erotic film I had ever seen - I still have a soft spot for its silly self-seriousness.

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#6459 Post by colinr0380 » Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:35 pm

sir_luke wrote:
MichaelB wrote:I can't find any news items yet, but quite a few of my friends who knew him personally are saying that Radley Metzger has died.

And he was 88, so not a huge surprise.
Shame. The Lickerish Quartet was the first older erotic film I had ever seen - I still have a soft spot for its silly self-seriousness.
And The Image is still one of the most eye-poppingly explicit S&M films ever made! (or at least up there with The Story of O) Even if as this video suggests perhaps not truly within that world by its close!

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#6460 Post by Charles » Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:25 am

sir_luke wrote:
MichaelB wrote:I can't find any news items yet, but quite a few of my friends who knew him personally are saying that Radley Metzger has died.

And he was 88, so not a huge surprise.
Shame. The Lickerish Quartet was the first older erotic film I had ever seen - I still have a soft spot for its silly self-seriousness.
Same here. It's the first "adult" film I went to just a few days after reaching the legal age for it (21) while in school in Cleveland, Ohio. When I learned of the Arrow Blu-ray release, I jumped on it for exactly that sentimental reason. Having only seen it that one time, I assumed I wouldn't recognize much, if anything, about the film, but I was amazed at the number of scenes that were, in fact, familiar as they unfolded. Soft spot, indeed!

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#6461 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Apr 06, 2017 6:03 pm

Don Rickles discussion moved here

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#6463 Post by ellipsis7 » Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:05 am

Tim Pigott-Smith & Christopher Morahan, respectively the lead (playing an unforgettable Police Superintendent Ronald Merrick) and the Producer & Director (alongside fellow Director Jim O'Brien) of Granada TV classic THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN, both passed away Friday....

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#6465 Post by Michael Kerpan » Tue Apr 11, 2017 8:44 pm

Donald Brown wrote:J. Geils
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#6467 Post by Polybius » Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:27 am

Really sorry to see that.

He talked about her for years and when he finally started having her actually appear on the show, she was exactly how I had pictured her.

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#6468 Post by Ribs » Wed Apr 12, 2017 12:48 pm

Michael Ballhaus

The shot that forms the basis for the poster for Quiz Show is, in my opinion, an all-time great (and that isn't even the best movie he shot about Broadcasting!)

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#6469 Post by bearcuborg » Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:05 pm

Charlie Murphy...a tough few minutes of losses here.

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#6470 Post by Polybius » Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:33 am

Didn't realize he was ill.

So pivotal to the greatness of Dave's show. The showbiz stories stuff was always primo but I also liked things like his part in the classic World Series of Dice sketch, where he calmly shrugged his shoulders and shot Leonard Washington in the leg to take his bankroll from him.

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#6472 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:30 pm

Dan Rooney, Steelers chairman and former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland under President Obama

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#6473 Post by djproject » Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:43 pm

Mika Vainio, experimental musician, best known as a part of Pan sonic/Panasonic.

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#6474 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sun Apr 16, 2017 2:08 pm

Reports are coming out that legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth passed away yesterday.

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