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sidney lumet - director of my favourite movie of all time - died.
from yahoo news:
US filmmaking great Sidney Lumet dies in NY at 86
NEW YORK – Speaking in his office above the Broadway theaters where he performed as a child, director Sidney Lumet was typically unpretentious in discussing his films, a body of work numbering more American classics than most have a right to contemplate.
"God knows I've got no complaints about my career," Lumet said in 2006. "I've had a very good time and gotten some very good work done."
An eminent craftsman, Lumet always referred to his more than 40 films as simple, understated "work." Raised as an actor and molded in live television, he was a pragmatic director, eschewing ostentatious displays of style for sure-handed storytelling.
He rarely did more than two or three takes and usually cut "in the camera" — essentially editing while shooting — yet his efficient ways captured some of the greatest performances in American cinema: Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik in "Dog Day Afternoon," Peter Finch as Howard Beale in "Network," Paul Newman as Frank Galvin in "The Verdict."
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from yahoo news:
US filmmaking great Sidney Lumet dies in NY at 86
NEW YORK – Speaking in his office above the Broadway theaters where he performed as a child, director Sidney Lumet was typically unpretentious in discussing his films, a body of work numbering more American classics than most have a right to contemplate.
"God knows I've got no complaints about my career," Lumet said in 2006. "I've had a very good time and gotten some very good work done."
An eminent craftsman, Lumet always referred to his more than 40 films as simple, understated "work." Raised as an actor and molded in live television, he was a pragmatic director, eschewing ostentatious displays of style for sure-handed storytelling.
He rarely did more than two or three takes and usually cut "in the camera" — essentially editing while shooting — yet his efficient ways captured some of the greatest performances in American cinema: Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik in "Dog Day Afternoon," Peter Finch as Howard Beale in "Network," Paul Newman as Frank Galvin in "The Verdict."
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