... but this year's obituary short was particularly poignant. The innocence of drive-ins--even if half of the baby boomers were conceived in them--was such a fitting setting for 2012's tribute. And ending on a celestial note of stars and "stars" and that blinding light--it really pushed me over the edge. M83's song, too--a band named after a spiral galaxy--was just the right mix of warmth and elegy. The list of those remembered who died in 2012 who are remembered in this short:
Andy Griffith, R. G. Armstrong, Alex Karras, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Peter Breck, Keiko Tsushima, Christopher Challis, Tony Scott, Andy Williams, Mel Stuart, Lupe Ontiveros, Hal David, Phyllis Diller, Phyllis Thaxter, Eileen Moran, Albert Freeman Jr., James Farentino, Ray Bradbury, Frank Pierson, Andrew Sarris, Russell Means, Tonino Guerra, Isuzu Yamada, Nicol Williamson, Ann Rutherford, Erland Josephson, Ben Gazzara, Susan Tyrrell, Whitney Houston, William Windom, production J. Michael Riva, Denise Darcel, Frederica Sagor Maas, Turhan Bey, Robert Sherman, Stephen Frankfurt, Ralph McQuarrie, Tony Martin, Davy Jones, Levon Helm, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Frid, Celeste Holm, Bruce Surtees, William Asher, Larry Hagman, Gore Vidal, Herbert Lom, swordmaster Bob Anderson, Carlo Rambaldi, Nora Ephron, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Marker, Richard D. Zanuck, and Ernest Borgnine.
Two things I noticed - Jack Klugman - who died the last week of the year, is missing. That sometimes happens. Also notice the death of Frederica Sagor Maas. I believe she was the last person alive who worked as an adult in the silent film industry (1900 -2012). She was a screenwriter who had to reinvent herself after the studio system chewed her up and spit her out.
Andy Griffith, R. G. Armstrong, Alex Karras, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Peter Breck, Keiko Tsushima, Christopher Challis, Tony Scott, Andy Williams, Mel Stuart, Lupe Ontiveros, Hal David, Phyllis Diller, Phyllis Thaxter, Eileen Moran, Albert Freeman Jr., James Farentino, Ray Bradbury, Frank Pierson, Andrew Sarris, Russell Means, Tonino Guerra, Isuzu Yamada, Nicol Williamson, Ann Rutherford, Erland Josephson, Ben Gazzara, Susan Tyrrell, Whitney Houston, William Windom, production J. Michael Riva, Denise Darcel, Frederica Sagor Maas, Turhan Bey, Robert Sherman, Stephen Frankfurt, Ralph McQuarrie, Tony Martin, Davy Jones, Levon Helm, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Frid, Celeste Holm, Bruce Surtees, William Asher, Larry Hagman, Gore Vidal, Herbert Lom, swordmaster Bob Anderson, Carlo Rambaldi, Nora Ephron, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Marker, Richard D. Zanuck, and Ernest Borgnine.
Two things I noticed - Jack Klugman - who died the last week of the year, is missing. That sometimes happens. Also notice the death of Frederica Sagor Maas. I believe she was the last person alive who worked as an adult in the silent film industry (1900 -2012). She was a screenwriter who had to reinvent herself after the studio system chewed her up and spit her out.