Nicolas Roeg R.I.P.

[Bryn]

He made it to 90, but a significant loss, notwithstanding. I'll be watching Insignificance, in his memory. Ironically it was a brief clip from that which the Beeb played while referencing the walk-out over his filming for 24 houirs at a stretch. THe irony being that it was not Insignificance but Bad Timing which gave rise to the protest.

A decidedly futuristic film. Acording to Amazon, the Blu-ray re-issue release date is 31 December 2099.

[Serial_Apologist]

By coincidence I was watching Don't Look Now yesterday.

[jayne lee wilson]

My favourite was always The Man Who fell to Earth, for the sheer range of its imagination, the far-flung variety of its scenarios with so many haunting and culturally iconic moments..... a wonderfully deft, light touch at the very end too...
And Bowie's best film role, I think.

Don't Look Now is a close second, not just for that devastating ending (remember the first time you saw that!...).. an oddly flat, unresonant title though, like Bad Timing...

[Bryn]

. . . A decidedly futuristic film. Acording to Amazon, the Blu-ray re-issue release date is 31 December 2099.

Just noticed, Amazon even get the year the night of Insignificance relates to. As mentioned in the trailer, it was a night in 1953, not 1954. It is with no disparagement of his other masterpieces that Insignificance is the one that is closest to my heart.

[Richard Barrett]

Somehow I've managed never to see Insignificance, while on the other hand Bad Timing was for many years one of my favourite films, as indeed were The Man Who Fell To Earth and Don't Look Now.

[Richard Tarleton]

Don't Look Now is a close second, not just for that devastating ending (remember the first time you saw that!...).. an oddly flat, unresonant title though

Blame Daphne du Mauirier for that?

[muzzer]

I love Insignificance, but he made so many great films. And was behind the camera in so many others too. A real one-off.

[Serial_Apologist]

I'd forgotten Roeg did Performance, too. The man was a genius. Most of my actual dreams are just like that film: I wonder how common an experience that must be.

[Richard Barrett]

I'd forgotten Roeg did Performance, too. The man was a genius. Most of my actual dreams are just like that film: I wonder how common an experience that must be.

I thought of Performance just after making my last post. Also Walkabout.

[johncorrigan]

First time I saw 'Don't Look Now' was a double bill in the Odeon, Glasgow with 'The Wicker Man'. I exited onto a foggy Renfield Street that evening. I was a wreck when I came out...by the time I got home I was a complete quivering mass of jelly, which I have remained to this very day. R.I.P. to a great film maker.

[Serial_Apologist]

First time I saw 'Don't Look Now' was a double bill in the Odeon, Glasgow with 'The Wicker Man'. I exited onto a foggy Renfield Street that evening. I was a wreck when I came out...by the time I got home I was a complete quivering mass of jelly, which I have remained to this very day. R.I.P. to a great film maker.

By now, John, you must be set in your ways!