R.I.P. Thread 2: A Celebration Of Lives Well Lived

[dbunting]

On 5/13/2022 at 12:20 PM, Soylent Brown said:

Remo was great fun when I watched it as a kid, and I'll always love Tremors. RIP Fred.

Loved that movie, just the right amount of schlock. Poor Fred is now buried underground, the worms win in the end.

[Deadlines? What Deadlines?]

 

[Corvinus85]

Just earlier I happened to listen to a couple of the songs from his 1492: Conquest of Paradise soundtrack. RIP legendary composer.

[Deadlines? What Deadlines?]

I was thinking about his scores for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire.

Chariots of Fire was a substantial critical and commercial hit and won 3 oscars that year, including best picture. The Chariots of Fire score was probably one of the most recognizable of the 1980's; second only to Star Wars and, maybe, Superman. He won an academy award for that. But, aside from the score, Chariots of Fire has largely fallen down the memory hole.

On the other hand, Blade Runner failed at the box office, received very mixed reviews from critics and very little awards recognition. He never received an Oscar nomination for the score. But today (thanks to home video and subsequent restorations) the film is acknowledged as an important influential work of science fiction and the score is instantly recognizable and amazing. He was ahead of his time.

For me, there was a trend in the late '70's early '80's of synth scores in popular movies. Personally, I hated them. They always sounded thin and uninspiring to me. The exception is Blade Runner, which is brilliant. 

Best Score that year went to John Williams for ET. Off the top of my head I couldn't tell you what it sounds like.   

[Inkdaub]

Chariots of Fire was my favorite song for a while when I was a kid. I was obsessed with it and would play it over and over and over. I remember it was a particularly bad time in my life and I would sit in a chair and listen to Chariots of Fire for hours. I still get chills when I hear it.

RIP Vangelis.

[Mark Antony]

 

[JGP]

fuuuuck

[Corvinus85]

Didn't he have a movie coming out soon? So sad. RIP

[Ran]

Hell. In his sleep according to Deadline. Just 67 years old. RIP, Ray. Henry Hill and Shoeless Joe Jackson were his most iconic performances, but he had a lot of good turns over the years. He was great in Many Saints of Newark, IMO.

[Myshkin]

Damn. Liotta was the fucking best. Gonna watch Cop Land tonight in his honor.

[Mark Antony]

I thought he was also really good as the dad in Blow

[Deadlines? What Deadlines?]

He's got two movies coming out and three currently filming according to IMDB

Too damn young.

It's been a while since I've seen it but No Escape was underrated I thought. 

He gave the performance of a lifetime in Goodfellas. 

 

[BigFatCoward]

1 hour ago, Myshkin said:

Damn. Liotta was the fucking best. Gonna watch Cop Land tonight in his honor.

Absolutely his most underated role. 

[DireWolfSpirit]

I thought he had more in the tank, he really was a strong actor right till the end.

RIP Ray

[dbunting]

Goodfellas is one of my all time favorites and he was perfect in the role. Field of Dreams was another one, Cop Land, he was also good in the recent Shades of Blue, tv cop series.  He will always be Henry Hill though.

[Ramsay B.]

Yeah, he really killed it as the scumbag cop type. Along with some already mentioned- The Place Beyond the Pines, Narc, hell even in Identity he stood out. 

[Spockydog]

Ah shit, as if today wasn't bad enough. 

Depeche Mode’s Andrew Fletcher dies aged 60

 

[drawkcabi]

For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to see Ray Liotta in more things... 

 

Just wanted to mention because it was one of his more obscure roles on a sitcom that while very popular for a few years while it was on, has been widely forgotten.

Ray Liotta guest starred in a couple episodes of Just Shoot Me playing a version of himself. IMHO, those were some of the funniest episodes of the series, only the episodes with David Cross were funnier.

 

I also really liked him as a supporting character in the movie Heartbreakers with Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

 

RIP 

[Inkdaub]

I can't think of a bad Ray Liotta performance. He was even the redeeming aspect of the movie where they are sent to the prison island called Absolom...I forget the title. Liotta is easily an all-time favorite.

RIP.

[DireWolfSpirit]

He played the part perfectly as obnoxious colleague to Clarice in one of the SofL movies, then Hannibal served him up that delectable sizzle of his own front lobal brain matter.

Great scene, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Liotta and (am told it was Julianne Moore) all together in that little kitchen, I'll never forget that scene.

Edited May 27, 2022 by DireWolfSpirit