Owen Roizman, September 22, 1936 – January 6, 2023.
With Faye Dunaway on the set of Sidney Lumet’s Network (1976).
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Movie #35 of 2023: Network
Mary Ann Gifford: “You fuckin' fascist! Did you see the film we made at the San Marino jail breakout demonstrating the rising up of the seminal prisoner class infrastructure?”
Laureen Hobbs: “You can blow the seminal prisoner class infrastructure out your ass. I'm not knockin' down my goddamn distribution charges.”
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'The Exorcist' Movie and 4K Review
The following review was written by Ultimate Rabbit correspondent, Tony Farinella.
It’s crazy to me to know “The Exorcist” is now celebrating its 50th anniversary. Unfortunately, we lost its legendary director recently in William Friedkin, a trailblazer who was not afraid to push the envelope and do things his own way in films such as “Cruising,” “The French Connection,” and “To Live and Die in…
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RIP legend. Procreate painting of Network (1976, dir. Sidney Lumet, cinematography by the late, great Owen Roizman)
This, one of my favorite scenes ever, looms so large in my mind, unlocked the meaning of so many other movies in various genres, I completely forgot its iconic boardroom setting appeared earlier in Network, presented unremarkably:
But at the climax, light, angle, & depth of field combine to turn a red little man into the Voice of God. That's cinematography!
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Owen Roizman, September 22, 1936 – January 6, 2023.
With Robert Redford and Sydney Pollack.
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Remembering Earl Boen, Adam Rich and Owen Roizman
This weekend we lost three entertainers. Here is my combined remembrance:
Remembering Earl Boen 1941-2022
Actor Earl Boen has died at 81. He is most known for playing Dr. Silberman in The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. He was so good as the antagonist who doesn’t believe what Sarah Connor is saying happened.
Linda Hamilton and Boen in Terminator 2
In addition to the Terminator movies, he appeared in countless movies, TV shows and voiceover work, notably “The Border Song” episodes of ALF, “The Pony Remark” episode of Seinfeld, and in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult.
The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.
Remembering Adam Rich 1968-2023
Actor Adam Rich has died at 54. He was most famous for playing Nicholas on Eight Is Enough (ABC-TV 1977-1981). That was a series I got into when it was in syndication in the 80s. I was actually a fan of the firefighter series Code Red (ABC-TV 1981-1982). He was also the voice of Presto on Dungeons & Dragons (CBS 1983-1985), a Sat. morning cartoon I loved as a kid.
Rich on Eight is Enough
The link above is the obit from CNN.
Remembering Owen Roizman 1936-2023
Cinematographer Owen Roizman has died at 86. He was nominated for 5 Best Cinematography Oscars and won an Honorary Oscar in 2018. He is especially noteworthy for the work he did with William Friedkin (The French Connection and The Exorcist), Sydney Pollack (Three Days of the Condor, Absence of Malice, and Tootsie) and Lawrence Kasdan (I Love You to Death). That is quite a group of directors to have made several films with. Other great films he was the DP on include Play It Again, Sam, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and he was the DP on Vision Quest, as well as Madonna’s music videos from the soundtrack for “Crazy for You” and “Gambler”. So many memorable images he photographed: the NYC car chase in French Connection, the exorcism scene in The Exorcist, any of the awesome paranoid moments in Three Day of the Condor, and the urgency and ticking clock of the subway hostages in Pelham One Two Three.
Roizman behind the camera with Pollack directing
The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.
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