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2 comments:
Well, Anthony Minghella only got to release 6 feature films as a director. Only 3 of which I actually saw (I now feel especially bad for not having seen his Award-winning The English Patient).
Of them, I loved The Talented Mr. Ripley and found a lot to like in Cold Mountain, especially Renee Zellweger's character. His most recent, Breaking and Entering, I didn't care much for, but either way he was a filmmaker whose films I anticipated. He specialized in adapting material from novels and finding an adult audience for his movies and actors who loved to work with him (Jude Law and Philip Seymour Hoffman were both repeat performers).
I definitely didn't expect to have his filmography cut so short and regret the loss. Whether you especially liked The English Patient or not, an Oscar-winning director has past away far too early (only 54?) and I for one feel it's a shame even on the most surface-level... that we will never get to enjoy his work again.
Rest in peace Mr. Minghella. And thank you for the films you contributed.
This is a tough one...I'm not a fan of English Patient, but I was a fan of Talented Mr. Ripley.
Ripley is fantastic and that alone gives him a thumbs up in my opinion. I liked Cold Mountain, but not the casting. I thought Jude was stiff, Nicole forgettable, and Renee a "characterture" (I've spaced on how you spell it?), but I still thought it was a beautiful looking film. Didn't see Breaking and Entering or Truly Madly Deeply, which I've heard both good and bad on.
Still he left a mark in such a short span. It's a shame we won't have any more opportunities to see what he was capable of.
Perhaps we should do a English Patient screening room session. I saw it when I was 13 or 14, so I hope I've got it all wrong. Besides it kinda was a big deal at the time.
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