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On the other hand



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:50 am    Post subject: Tony Scott is dead Reply with quote

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Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as �Top Gun,� �Days of Thunder� and �Beverly Hills Cop II,� died Sunday after jumping from a Los Angeles County bridge, authorities said.

The 68-year-old Scott's death was being investigated as a suicide, Los Angeles County Coroner's Lt. Joe Bale said.



I'm a little surprised that he was in a suitable mindframe to do this. He seemed in pretty fine form with Unstoppable a couple of years back.

Maybe not a fair comparison, but he always seemed intellectually overshadowed by his older brother(though even Ridley wasn't beyond churning out the populist crowd-pleasers several times in a row). I gather the goth kids had a bit of a crush on The Hunger(which I've seen but can't remember), but Top Gun will likely be remembered as just another Reagan era rah-rah piece.

I did quite enjoy The Fan, which combined the basic contours of a stalker-thriller with a Death Of A Salesman-type character study. And Enemy Of The State is a pretty decent political thriller, eerily foreshadowing the current era.

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atwood



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do they need to start an obituary forum for you?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Personally, I'm a fan; keep the obituaries coming!
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fosterman



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

personally I don't understand why...

married two kids, famous director, in demand, has work, is rich etc..

WHY! WHY?
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atwood



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fosterman wrote:
personally I don't understand why...

married two kids, famous director, in demand, has work, is rich etc..

WHY! WHY?

inoperable brain cancer
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detonate



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Late+director+Tony+Scott+have+brain+cancer/7129644/story.html
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bucheon bum



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, that was my guess: some incurable disease. I think I would have waited a bit longer and made peace with everyone/everything first, but each to his/her own. I suppose someone whose personality and image was so focused on action and movement would want to have 100% of that energy and drive until the end...
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