Film Anthony Minghella, RIP
posted by March 18 at 13:39 PM
onThe director of The Talented Mr. Ripley, which was interesting, and The English Patient, which was not, has died at 54 of complications from surgery for tonsil cancer. Here’s the New York Times.
(Via Poe.)
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I wonder if he'll be able to see Sack Lunch in hell.
Hmm, I thought The English Patient was interesting, and Mr. Ripley was not. Well, to each their own.
complications from tonsil surgery?????
he had cancer of the tonsils...
Other news outlets are saying it was a "brain hemorrhage," whatever the fuck that is (CVA, I presume).
Even without cancer, tonsil surgery in adults is much more dangerous than it is for children. Adults have a tendency to hemorrhage and the bleeding can be quite shocking to witness. The routine tonsilectomy of yesteryear was an attempt to prophylactically reduce throat infection in children, a practice that was discredited in the early '60s. Of course, had Mr. Minghella had his tonsils removed as a tot he could not have developed cancer in them.
So did Arthur C. Clarke, but then, more people probably know about him.
There will be a moment of silence from all robots worldwide at 11:59 pm tonite.
Well, 90, sheesh, I should be so lucky.
Ripley is such a beautiful film.
No love for Truly Madly Deeply?
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