Posts Tagged ‘Obituaries’
Edward Kłosiński RIP
The distinguished Polish cinematographer (and husband of Krystyna Janda) Edward Kłosiński died on Saturday at the age of 65. As you can see from his IMDB filmography, he was the director of photography on a huge range of important Polish films, including Andrzej Wajda's Land of Promise (Ziemia obiecana, 1975), Man of Marble (Człowiek z [...]
Jerzy Kawalerowicz RIP
Polish director Jerzy Kawalerowicz, best known in Britain for Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od aniołów, 1961) and the Oscar-nominated The Pharaoh (Faraon, 1965), died yesterday at the age of 85. Daily Telegraph obituary Filmreference.com on Kawalerowicz (by Václav Merhaut) Culture.pl on Kawalerowicz (in Polish only) IMDB and [...]
István Gaál RIP
I was very sorry to hear about the death of Hungarian director István Gaál (1933-2007), because I'd only just discovered his work via Roots (Gyökerek), a marvellous three-part television documentary about the composer Béla Bartók, made in 2002 - which has just jumped to the top of my "to review" list. The Falcons (Magasiskola, 1970) is [...]
Iván Darvas RIP
I was out of the country at the time, so I initially missed this Guardian obituary of the Hungarian actor Iván Darvas (1925-2007) when it was published on 5 September - and even that was nearly two months late, as he actually died on 3 June, before this blog was even launched. I only knew Darvas from his lead roles in the two Károly Makk films [...]