I’m not there (anymore)
Heath Ledger, dead at 28. While I’m not usually one to cry “TRAGEDY!” when people I don’t know die, Mr. Ledger was one of the few young actors who made it worthwile watching them grow. He will be sorely missed, if only because his turn as The Joker looks genuinely interesting.
Chito wrote:
I second the motion. Totally.
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 12:37 am ¶
alvarete wrote:
It’s strange, I’ve actually heard more than one person say that they are not watching the new Batman movie because it’ll be way too creepy to see him play the role. Besides Street Fighter (Raul Julia’s worst career decision), are there any other instances where this has happened?
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 1:20 pm ¶
Captain Charisma wrote:
The Crow
Posted 31 Jan 2008 at 2:56 am ¶
alvarete wrote:
And The Twilight Zone movie, which is also a lot creepier. My point is: did anybody not watch The Crow because of Brandon Lee’s death?
Posted 04 Feb 2008 at 12:11 pm ¶
edipa wrote:
I think that it was the other way arround… but just mentioning a dead as a marketing hoock is so disgusting … isn´t it?
Posted 09 Feb 2008 at 9:57 am ¶
dorothy hale wrote:
Well….i just bought Candy (the twilight zone movie) i’ll tell you how creepy it is. By the way if someone is going to Spain you should ask them to bring alone No Country for Old Men (and any other movie)…Living in a third world country, i’m pro- taking advantage of our (few)pleasures, being piracy on the top of my list.
I saw “I’m not there” the night Heath Ledger die…you know, kind of a tribute…too bad Cate Blanchet steals all the credit…Excellent movie by the way, if not the best i’ve seen in a long time.
Posted 09 Feb 2008 at 3:00 pm ¶
alvarete wrote:
I’m sure that, just as the news of Heath’s death broke, a marketing team somewhere pumped the fist, and went out for celebratory drinks. I mean, dead actor + film that needs promoting = no brainer. Just throw in a mentor saying “I warned him”, and you’re guaranteed to steal some headlines. And there’s no such thing as bad publicity, amIrite?
Posted 11 Feb 2008 at 2:58 pm ¶
Chito wrote:
First, I don’t think that Brandon Lee and The Twilight Zone incident are on the same level as Ledger’s death, because ther former were on-set deaths which “sells” the movie right away . Ledger’s and Julia’s dead happend soon after their movies wrapped. I don’t belive that The Dark Knight needs any promoting and Ledger’s death won’t do much different in the marketing of such film. I hope that Ledger’s perfomance as The Joker is a good as fried gold, and that would be something worth watching for a tribute.
Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 6:57 pm ¶
Chito wrote:
I stand corrected. The Joker is not Heath Ledger’s last performance, but a movie by Terry Gilliam, called The Imaginarium of Doctor Paranassus. From Wikipedia: “Although Gilliam has suspended production on the latter film,[7] he has expressed determination to “salvage” it, perhaps using Computer-generated imagery (CGI), and plans to dedicate it to the memory of Heath Ledger” (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heath_Ledger&oldid=191118731)
Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 7:04 pm ¶
alvarete wrote:
Terry Gilliam is one unlucky motherfucker.
Posted 15 Feb 2008 at 12:10 pm ¶
Chito wrote:
That he is. Lost in La Mancha is living proof of that.
Posted 17 Feb 2008 at 12:04 am ¶