RIP Sidney Lumet

[david weiss]

A true master with quite the diverse filmography.

Network is one of my favorites and his New York films capture New York of that era like no other

[Brownian Motion]

From his NYT obit:

[NYT film critic] Ms. Dargis called Mr. Lumet “one of the last of the great movie moralists.” Yet Mr. Lumet said he was never a crusader for social change. “I don’t think art changes anything,” he said in The Times interview. So why make movies? he was asked.

“It’s a wonderful way to spend your life,” he said.

[Chalupa]

Tweeted by Michael Moore....

"There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM & ITT & AT&T and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, Exxon." -Sidney Lumet's "Network"

RIP, Sidney Lumet.

[gmonahan]

Tweeted by Michael Moore....

"There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM & ITT & AT&T and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, Exxon." -Sidney Lumet's "Network"

RIP, Sidney Lumet.

"Network" truly was a masterpiece, and wow is it timely now. A great director. He'll be missed.

gregmo

[kinuta]

One of the greatest American directors, his films will continue to inspire new film makers.

[Stereojack]

A great filmmaker with a long and impressive list of films. His last film, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" is a masterpiece!

RIP, Mr. Lumet.

[brownie]

One of the best chronicler of American society!

His better films were intelligent and entertaining.

[ValerieB]

ironic that he died soon after his ex-mother-in-law.

[bertrand]

Who is that?

Bertrand.

[JSngry]

First Sidney Pollack, now Sidney Lumet...what Sinematic Sidney shall be next?

[mjzee]

Sid Dithers?

SCTV

[ValerieB]

Who is that?

Bertrand.

Lena Horne.

[sonnymax]

12 Angry Men, one of my all-time favorites.

Thanks, Sidney. Rest in peace.

[skeith]

12 Angry Men, one of my all-time favorites.

Thanks, Sidney. Rest in peace.

Yes, that's a great one. My other favorites by him are Dog Day Afternoon, Fail Safe, The Pawnbroker, and Long Day's Journey Into Night.

[Neal Pomea]

Whoa! I didn't realize he directed The Hill (1965)! What an amazing movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059274/

[medjuck]

His last film "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" looks like ti was made by a 22 year old.

[.:.impossible]

Is that a compliment?

[medjuck]

Yes. I found the film really depressing but it was made with amazing strength and agility.

[Dan Gould]

Yes. I found the film really depressing but it was made with amazing strength and agility.

Are those the hallmarks of a 22-year old filmmaker? And what was the film anyway?

Very recently I got the Before the Devil Knows You're Dead DVD, super cheap at Big Lots. Like $4, and part of a two-DVD package with some really awful B-movie included. A tremendous final effort for a tremendously talented filmmaker.

[medjuck]

Uhhh.. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. My point just being that it certainly doesn't look like it was made by a man in his 80s. And doesn't in any way seem like a farewell.

[Dan Gould]

I'm terribly sorry Joe I read an extra "before" before the before in "Before the Devil Knows Your Dead".

Don't know I'd call it the work of a 22 year old, I thought it was the work of a guy at the top of his game. After the movie I didn't really think it was that depressing so much as "how the hell did two decent parents end up with such rotten sons?"