Ron et al: The negatives were stolen from Technicolor and ransomed. The ransom was paid and the negatives were returned. (I don't think it was the entire negatives, but a substantial amount of footage).
Kirby > On Jun 20, 2024, at 3:45 PM, Ron Magid > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Kirby! > > It did! I agree it’s not Fellini’s best but I’ve seen it several times since > (thanks to LA’s once thriving revival theater circuit) and it includes some > of his greatest imagery - and Sutherland is amazing given he apparently got > zero direction from the maestro. (And the Nino Rota score is arguably his > masterpiece.) > > I didn’t realize the negative was stolen- I wonder if that’s why the original > English language version (far superior to the Italian if only to hear as well > as see Sutherland’s portrayal) has become much harder to see (if anyone’s > interested, there used to be an excellent print on YouTube.) > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 20, 2024, at 1:05 PM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ron, and mopolistas, >> >> And did FELLINI CASANOVA turn you into a randy young thing? I always >> thought that Fellini's choice of Sutherland for that role was very unusual >> to say the least. Not my favorite Fellini movie to be sure, but the Nino >> Rota score was sublime. >> >> There are so many good Sutherland performances, it's hard to pick one. >> >> We were lucky to see CASANOVA theatrically. I thought we might not see it >> at all when the negatives were stolen from Technicolor in Rome. >> >> Kirby >> movieart.com >> >>> On Jun 20, 2024, at 2:20 PM, Ron Magid >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A very sad day! >>> >>> Among my favorite actors of all time – I first became aware of Donald >>> Sutherland when he starred in Fellini’s Casanova, which played in English >>> for one week at the Avco Center theater in Westwood, and had a profound >>> impact on my budding childhood sexuality (I think I was 13 at the time. >>> >>> Sutherland then followed up with what is in my opinion, the best remake of >>> all time Phil Kaufman‘s invasion of the body snatchers, which manages to >>> function as both a remake and a sequel! >>> >>> So many other great performances followed– got to see him live at the Mark >>> Taper Forum some years back and he was of course superb even though the >>> play was not. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jun 20, 2024, at 11:33 AM, Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> RIP Donald Sutherland :( >>>> >>>> He was a superb Canadian actor from the 1960s to the present. While he >>>> gave wonderful performances in a number of movies, his main criteria for >>>> deciding to take a role seemed to be how much he was paid, because he >>>> appeared in lots of movies not worthy of his talents. >>>> >>>> Some of his movies include: JFK, MASH (as Hawkeye Pierce), Ordinary >>>> People, Dirty Dozen, Animal House, Don't Look Now, 1900, Cold Mountain, >>>> Kelly's Heroes, and The Hunger Games series (as President Snow). >>>> >>>> In 2015's "Forsaken", he played the father of his real life son, Kiefer >>>> Sutherland, who is also a wonderful actor, and in many ways has followed >>>> in his father's footsteps. >>>> >>>> See https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/movies/donald-sutherland-dead.html >>>> >>>> >>>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>>> Virus-free.www.avg.com >>>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>>> <x-msg://7/#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >>>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> >> > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
