RIP Sam Neill. An incredibly naturally charming screen presence who when asked could go to some legitimately manic and scary places, and leaves behind a few of the best movies ever.
Terribly sad about Tom Noonan passing. In casting Manhunter I auditioned about 10-15 actors in New York when Tom walked in the door and said, “I don’t want to talk. I just want to read.” He read and it was magical. We worked closely. I based Dollarhyde less on the novel’s character and more on a convicted killer whom I met and with whom I corresponded who was doing life in Vacaville. I took Tom into that world and he made it his own. It was an automatic to cast Tom in a wheelchair as Kelso in Heat. He did so much more fine work, but it was as the battered child become a killer adult - both alive in the same bottle - that projected the range and deep soul of this so acute and committed artist. Rest in peace, Tom.
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan’s most celebrated actors who led Masaki Kobayashi's "Harakiri" and starred in Akira Kurosawa's “Ran,” "Yojimbo" and “High and Low,” has died. He was 92.
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Miserable news: Émilie Dequenne, who brought pinpoint ferocity to the Dardenne brothers' Rosetta, died yesterday at the age of 43; it's one of the exemplary modern performances, of a new self-transcending realism, of ideas embodied, that even the Dardennes rarely matched.