19 August 2012
RIP Tony Scott - "The Hunger" (1982)
The violent suicide of Tony Scott is a serious shock, and as the child of a suicide myself, my sympathies for the family he left behind and the wound he has now left them with forever are immense. There is no more horrible feeling, and no way to ever really heal it.
It is also sad, though, that everyone is remembering him as the director of the loathsome pro-military propaganda film TOP GUN. Scott was as talented a director as his brother Ridley, but only rarely got a chance to truly show it. One example would be a film many think of as a Tarantino film(which it is, but only as screenwriter), the nearly perfect TRUE ROMANCE. But you may also know this one, one of the classics of 80s horror, and I present it here in his honor(if a version with Spanish subtitles). THE HUNGER. Forget TOP GUN. This is what Scott could really do. And if you like Bauhaus(and they're one of my cherished favorites), chances are you only heard of them(at least in the US) initially because of the opening of this film; because of Tony Scott.
All so sad.
UPDATE: The reason why has emerged. Scott had inoperable brain cancer and so decided to end his life this way. And if we lived in a society that allowed people to end their lives in a more peaceful manner under these circumstances, maybe he wouldn't have had to opt for jumping off a bridge. Sadder and sadder. Poor Mr. Scott, may he rest in peace.
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The violent suicide of Tony Scott is a serious shock, and as the child of a suicide myself, my sympathies for the family he left behind and the wound he has now left them with forever are immense. There is no more horrible feeling, and no way to ever really heal it.
It is also sad, though, that everyone is remembering him as the director of the loathsome pro-military propaganda film TOP GUN. Scott was as talented a director as his brother Ridley, but only rarely got a chance to truly show it. One example would be a film many think of as a Tarantino film(which it is, but only as screenwriter), the nearly perfect TRUE ROMANCE. But you may also know this one, one of the classics of 80s horror, and I present it here in his honor(if a version with Spanish subtitles). THE HUNGER. Forget TOP GUN. This is what Scott could really do. And if you like Bauhaus(and they're one of my cherished favorites), chances are you only heard of them(at least in the US) initially because of the opening of this film; because of Tony Scott.
All so sad.
UPDATE: The reason why has emerged. Scott had inoperable brain cancer and so decided to end his life this way. And if we lived in a society that allowed people to end their lives in a more peaceful manner under these circumstances, maybe he wouldn't have had to opt for jumping off a bridge. Sadder and sadder. Poor Mr. Scott, may he rest in peace.
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Labels: 1980s, death, film, horror, music
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