British filmmaker Anthony Minghella, who died Tuesday at 54, always seemed like an anachronism, though he hit his stride in the mid-’90s with both critics Read the full post.
Mar 18
2008
04:20 PM ET
Remembering Anthony Minghella
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ironically, I haven’t seen ANY of his movies, but I was sorry to hear of his passing…he seemed like ‘one of the good guys’ who was producing quality, not the kind of stuff some filmmakers are known for today…only 54…bummer
I’m leaning more toward how Sarah C. feels.
I’m not going to pretend that I was the biggest Minghella fan out there, and, like many people, when I think of “The English Patient”, I think of Elaine Benes’ disregard for it, which I share.
Still, I thought “Cold Mountain” was a little underrated in the weird way that overtly Oscar-baiting movies that come with unrealistic expectations but don’t live up to that hype are. I thought it was a very solid effort.
I LOVE “The Talented Mr. Ripley”. It was some of Matt Damon and Jude Law’s best work, but Minghella’s direction was also incredibly stylish and suspenseful.
I also want to mention what a great job Gary Susman does with these Popwatch obits. Of course, it’s a shame that we’re having to read so many lately, but Susman does a great job of putting these artists professional contributions into a few tight, non-rambly paragraphs.
I didn’t see the photo snafu, but I can guess that the photo from the “Dune” blog got mixed into this one. It’s kind of a shame that most of the comments about the death of this director at a relatively young age are about that.
That being said, if I were going to have a picture of a half-naked dude from an 80′s movie accidentally posted with my obituary, I’d have to go with this one:
http://www.castrotheatre.com/calendar/2007/oct-dec/stayingalive_l.jpg
This is sad news. I remember how classy his acceptance speech for Best Director was (wishing his daughter a Happy Birthday upfront) and I absolutely loved ‘Ripley’.
Well I was a big Minghella fan, “The Talented Mr. Ripley” being my favorite and this is just devastating. He was much too young and incredibly talented not only as a director but as a producer and his M. Butterfly for the Met was just visually stunning. If you didn’t like “The English Patient” understand that that was not the only thing he did.
as someone who was lucky enough to work with Anthony on one of his last films, I must say that he is one of the sweetest, funniest and most down to earth directors I have worked with in my 10 year career. He did everything to make everyone involved feel like part of the process and never neglected to thank anyone for even the slightest thing. When you were having a bad day, he was always the one you could count on to make you giggle. Hollywood would be a better place if there were more people like him.
It’s such a nice legacy that he left behind. For those who enjoy his movies — as I do — it’s a very particular vein that he worked in and some unique beauty that he sculpted out of that.
I personally love The English Patient and Cold Mountain and Truly Madly Deeply as a heart as big as Minghella’s.
He will be missed.
The Talented Mr. Ripley has been one of my favorites since I first walked out of the theater after seeing it. He seemed like a really decent guy and I’m sorry to hear of his passing.
It’s a real shame when a talented film maker like Anthony Minghella dies so young and a useless director like Michael Bay goes on living to contribute nothing more to the world of film than to blow sh*t up!
I’ve only seen three of Minghella’s movies – “English Patient,” “Truly Madly Deeply” and “Ripley” and really enjoyed all of them. I read “The English Patient” just before it came out and remember wondering how on earth it could be made into a movie…and it was a terrific movie, very well done. I’m looking forward to seeing “#1 Ladies” when it comes out as well. It seems Mr. Minghella was also a first-rate person. Too bad we won’t get to see any more of his efforts.
Ripley is one of my favorite movies, and people should definitely check out Truly, Madly, Deeply for Alan Rickman’s wonderful performance. RIP Anthony Minghella.
And I agree with Ceballos that Gary offers another insightful look back on a life too short.
How very sad. My condolences to his friends and family. He always seemed like a lovely person in interviews. I liked “The English Patient” but I LOVED “The Talented Mr Ripley”. I think it is brilliant.
I didn’t like “The English Patient” at all – I am totally Elaine Benis from Seinfeld on that one, but “The Talented Mr. Ripley” is a great movie – so happy to see so many others like it. Mr. Minghella made visually beautiful movies; although I didn’t like “The English Patient,” it was visually stunning. “Ripley” was visually stunning, a great story, and shows that Matt Damon is way more than just a pretty boy. He was fantastic in that movie. I’ll have to check out “Truly, Madly, Deeply” now.