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  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    edited September 2022 Posts: 2,841
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    She led quite the life.
    RIP Queen Elizabeth II
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,978
    It comes as both a surprise and not a surprise. A surprise because she has been there since Sir Winston Churchill was our PM, and as his successors came and went, she was a constant. But not a surprise, as it seems like she took a sudden decline in the last 24 hrs, and the surrounding Royal Family, all headed up to Balmoral, as if they were preparing for something.

    RIP Queen Elizabeth II
  • stagstag In the thick of it!
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    RIP Ma'am.

  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    R. I. P. Queen Elizabeth II
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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  • GerardGerard
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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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  • RevelatorRevelator
    edited September 2022 Posts: 2,917
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    Heck, Casino Royale published just one year after her succession. The next guy will be the first Bond EVER to not serve Queen Elizabeth II.

    Yes, it's incredibly strange to realize she became Queen shortly before Bond began. Their destinies have been linked, and Bond's status as her servant was even confirmed in person for posterity in 2012. She was one of those rare figures who encompassed an entire era. And a great advertisement for constitutional monarchy. I doubt her successor will be, just as I doubt he'll have the connection to 007 she had.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited September 2022 Posts: 4,629


    A great tribute for two of Britain’s greatest icons.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,270
    Due to the Queen's importance as a national and international figure there is now a dedicated thread where members can post their tributes, condolences and memories:

    https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/21327/on-her-majestys-public-service-in-memoriam-hm-queen-elizabeth-ii
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Very sad to hear this.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,135
    I'm really very saddened to awake to learn of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabetth II
    She served and committed herself to her country and people for 70 years. Retirement was never an option for her. An amazing lady who I very much respected.
    RIP
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    Actress Marsha Hunt has died. At the age of 104, Ms. Hunt was probably one of the last survivors of "Hollywood's Golden Age." In interesting life (to say the least) she was blacklisted in the early 1950s and spent the next few decades devoted to various causes.
    Hopefully, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) here in the US will show the documentary Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity (2015) in tribute.

    https://deadline.com/2022/09/marsha-hunt-dead-hollywood-actress-confronted-huac-was-104-1235114016/

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    RIP Ms. Hunt
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited September 2022 Posts: 3,789
    Dwayne wrote: »
    Actress Marsha Hunt has died. At the age of 104, Ms. Hunt was probably one of the last survivors of "Hollywood's Golden Age." In interesting life (to say the least) she was blacklisted in the early 1950s and spent the next few decades devoted to various causes.
    Hopefully, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) here in the US will show the documentary Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity (2015) in tribute.

    https://deadline.com/2022/09/marsha-hunt-dead-hollywood-actress-confronted-huac-was-104-1235114016/

    marsha-hunt-portrait-001.jpg?itok=ofNnwgRv

    RIP Ms. Hunt

    What a beautiful woman, If she's going to be a Bond Girl back then, I could see her as Gala Brand or Vesper Lynd (based solely on Fleming's descriptions), she got the cheekbones and the hair.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Dwayne wrote: »
    Actress Marsha Hunt has died. At the age of 104, Ms. Hunt was probably one of the last survivors of "Hollywood's Golden Age." In interesting life (to say the least) she was blacklisted in the early 1950s and spent the next few decades devoted to various causes.
    Hopefully, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) here in the US will show the documentary Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity (2015) in tribute.

    https://deadline.com/2022/09/marsha-hunt-dead-hollywood-actress-confronted-huac-was-104-1235114016/

    marsha-hunt-portrait-001.jpg?itok=ofNnwgRv

    RIP Ms. Hunt

    What a legend. RAW DEAL is probably my favorite film of hers. 104 is an amazing run. RIP.
  • BounineBounine
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    Such sad news. The end of an era. Rest In Peace Your Majesty.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Revolutionary French film director Jean-Luc Godard has passed on.

    Famous for all time-greats such as À bout de souffle and Le mépris, he was a prominent figure of the French New Wave-movement.

    Repose en paix, Mr. Godard.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Revolutionary French film director Jean-Luc Godard has passed on.

    Famous for all time-greats such as À bout de souffle and Le mépris, he was a prominent figure of the French New Wave-movement.

    Repose en paix, Mr. Godard.

    RIP Jean-Luc Godard, one of the most famous directors.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    One of the best directors ever. I was just thinking a few months back how incredible it was to still have him around. RIP to a legend.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,841
    A couple of tributes to the late Jean-Luc Godard (note: paywall).

    https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/jean-luc-godard-was-cinemas-north-star
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/movies/jean-luc-godard-appreciation.html

    To my great shame, I must confess to being ignorant of his work until about four or five years ago, until I started to get into film noir (classic era) through TCM’s weekly Noir Alley program. Per his custom, the host – Eddie Mueller – would always make note of a film’s influence and occasionally slip in a foreign noir or two into his lineup (ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS, BOB LE FLAMBEUR, etc..). And so, I discovered BREATHLESS, and was blown away.

    Like him or hate him, he certainly had a unique vision.


    RIP Mr. Godard.
  • RevelatorRevelator
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    Godard was the Bob Dylan of cinema--he revolutionized and reinvigorated movies after they'd gotten bloated and comfortable in the early 60s. Like Dylan, his glory years spanned the 1960s and his work afterward was variable (sometimes insufferable) and occasionally gnomic. Also like Dylan, his best work was the opposite of slick, with an irrepressible rough energy that was its own integrity. Breathless and Contempt are his most famous works, though my personal favorite is Weekend, with its hilarious eight minute tracking shot of the traffic jam/crash from hell.

    It's safe to say that no one since 1960 has shaken up movies in the way Godard did. Even if he was never a mass-audience favorite, he influenced practically everyone who came after him with his attitude, rigor, and exuberance in film-making. We could use another New Wave today, in this heavily corporate age of standardized film-making.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Revelator wrote: »
    Godard was the Bob Dylan of cinema--he revolutionized and reinvigorated movies after they'd gotten bloated and comfortable in the early 60s. Like Dylan, his glory years spanned the 1960s and his work afterward was variable (sometimes insufferable) and occasionally gnomic. Also like Dylan, his best work was the opposite of slick, with an irrepressible rough energy that was its own integrity. Breathless and Contempt are his most famous works, though my personal favorite is Weekend, with its hilarious eight minute tracking shot of the traffic jam/crash from hell.

    It's safe to say that no one since 1960 has shaken up movies in the way Godard did. Even if he was never a mass-audience favorite, he influenced practically everyone who came after him with his attitude, rigor, and exuberance in film-making. We could use another New Wave today, in this heavily corporate age of standardized film-making.

    You are so right @Revelator. We could definitely use some new New Wave, if that makes sense, at this point.

    I’d argue though Michelangelo Antonioni can sit next to Godard in terms of influential filmmaking. Which takes nothing away from what Godard did, of course.
  • GerardGerard
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    Greek actress Irene Papas, who played in two of Anthony Quinn's most famous movies (Guns of Navarone and Zorba the Greek) has passed away, aged 93 :

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/irene-papas-dead-greek-actress-hollywood-fame-1235220338/
  • TracyTracy
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    second Batman death in 2 months now : Henry Silva aka Bane :(

    he did italian cop crime movie with Paluzzi , personally i didnt care for it , was just curious to see it
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    RIP Henry Silva, also one of the popular actors in Hollywood.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited September 2022 Posts: 25,094
    The Manchurian Candidate (1962)



    Legend my first memory of Henry Silva was from Megaforce as a kid...
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    R.I.P.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Code of Silence 1985 Trailer HD | Chuck Norris | Henry Silva

    Think I will have to dig this out of storage, Silva played great villains.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I know Silva from Above The Law, the film that turned Steven Seagal into a *ahum* star.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    I know Silva from Above The Law, the film that turned Steven Seagal into a *ahum* star.

    I know him from that, and Le marginal. And I have yet to see Code of Silence, but I have seen some of Silva's work in it. Played the bad guy in all three films. Had the honor (?) of dying at the hands of Belmondo, Norris and Seagal.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
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    I remember him mainly for Sharky's Machine. Course, I mainly remember Sharky's Machine for Rachel Ward, but...
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