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[cleolinda]

Oscar-Winning Director Minghella Dies.

Agent Judy Daish confirmed the director's death but further details were not immediately available.

Minghella, who was 54, won an Oscar for directing "The English Patient," one of a series of literary adaptations that include "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain." He was recently in Botswana filming an adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith's novel "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency."

What?



Via fortysevens: Brain hemorrhage?

Comments

[trasnochadora.livejournal.com]

Just saw this as well. I mean...again?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Talented people can stop dying young ANY DAY NOW. If the Reaper just has to fill a quota, I know of about two dozen celebutantes that no one will even miss.

[bluebythebook.livejournal.com]

Over at ONTD!, someone posted a comment linking to a 'source' that claims his brain "hemorrhaged during a routine operation on his neck."

http://isthishappening.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/rip-anthony-min.html

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll add that in.

[dietcokebreak.livejournal.com]

I just posted something about this in my journal, having read the article in the NY Times. Sad days.

[pride4u2.livejournal.com]

That was exactly my reaction. Sidenote: there's a quote in this article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_en_mo/obit_minghella) that I am totally now going to use in my thesis:

`too many modern films let the audience be passive, as if they were saying, "We're going to rock you and thrill you. We'll do everything for you."'

Because, given the subject matter, it's perfect. Thank you, Mr. Minghella.

[thyroyalmajesty.livejournal.com]

Oooh, crap. I just briefly temped at No. 1 Ladies's distribution company. Glad I'm not there now -- everyone's going to be majorly stressed out.

Wonder what happened. My best guess is something with his heart -- didn't John Ritter and Robert Palmer both die within months of each other of heart attacks, and both were 54 years old? Dead at 54 is the new "dead at 28."

[delle.livejournal.com]

*54*???????????? WTF??????????????

[bigeyedrabbit.livejournal.com]

No way. 54 is not even close to old these days. So sad.

[pinstripe-bindi.livejournal.com]

Aww. I thought The English Patient was boring as hell--except for the bits with Naveen Andrews--but I actually really enjoyed Cold Mountain, although it had its critics. It's the only role I've ever really, really liked Reneé Zellweger in. And it had such an amazing supporting cast.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

Wait, what?

Seriously?

[eofs.livejournal.com]

The BBC has details. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7302841.stm)

I'm stunned by this though. Just... no.

Now I will definitely be watching The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency on Sunday. I already thought it looked like it was going to be really fun, but knowing that it will be the last work produced by this incredible director...

And also, I'll admit, a little saddened that this is going to completely overshadow Captain Birds Eye (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7302554.stm). He was a cultural icon.

[fuchsoid.livejournal.com]

Damnn I'm getting fed up hearing about good people getting sick or dying too early, too. Especially when there are so many better candidates - bloody Margaret Thatcher was sick a week or so ago and recovered.

I'll always be especially grateful to Minghella for the screenplays he wrote for "The Storyteller" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092383/) - a series of magnificent adaptations of classic fairy stories that I can recommend to anyone who loves fairy tales. In fact, I think I'll watch some of them again tonight.

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

DUDE.

Can we stop with the cool people dying suddenly?

[revenantrose.livejournal.com]

Whatever I had left of a good mood was lost when I read that. What. the. hell. He was one of those directors I'd always give a chance, because I think The Talented Mr. Ripley is unforgivably unsung.

This sucks. I think we must've jinxed 2008 when we hoped too hard that we could kick 2007 to the curb and let the coyotes take it away.