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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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 Posted - 04/09/2011 : 18:32:59
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A great master of cinema craft, Lumet's films were never frivolous but often witty and engaging. He consistently got wonderful performances from some of the most talented actors, who vied for the chance to work with him. I never did, though I did meet him when Albert Finney and his then wife Anouk Aimee brought me to the set of Murder on the Orient Express. He was charm personified. I liked that when he spoke to me he called me Beth-Beth.
Pawnbroker cashes out.
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AC
"Returning FWFR Old-Timer"
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Posted - 04/09/2011 : 18:57:10
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clay 
"Viewer discretion is revised."
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Posted - 04/09/2011 : 19:01:45
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He worked miracles. Dog Day Afternoon in particular--who else could have directed that chaotic mess and kept the audience so riveted?
How great that you got to interact, if not act, with him! |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 04/09/2011 : 20:54:27
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| Devil now knows. |
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rabid kazook 
"Pushing the antelope"
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Posted - 04/10/2011 : 18:10:07
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Oh man, I thought he would go longer. Especially after Before the Devil Knows You're Dead which was as zesty and gritty as made by a 30-year old.
I totally went delighted discovering his "littleier" movies - Deathtrap, Equus, The Offence, Fugitive Kind... through the last few years.
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Sludge 
"Charlie Don't Serf!"
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Posted - 04/11/2011 : 01:12:21
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 08/05/2011 : 21:25:27
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| He granted a great Q&A after the NYFF screening of BEFORE THE DEVIL... and I thought, this guy is so sharp, he just might live forever! RIP. |
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RIP Sidney Lumet
