RIP 2022
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I do like Vangelis, but my sad abiding memory every time I hear his name, was backstage at a Nick Cave concert over 30 years ago, and a fan asking Blixa Bargeld about Vangelis. ‘Did u zay Vangelis? Zis conversation is over.”
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The first thing I remember him playing was Melanie Griffith’s psycho ex-boyfriend in Something Wild, and he was genuinely scary. Then of course Goodfellas, and others. That scene in his car tailed by helicopters with Nilsson’s Jump Into The Fire.
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Seems a great waste to me. He was the next big thing, had a decent range and as you say, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite. Looked a physical wreck far too early and now gone quite young.
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@Catogrande said in RIP 2022:
, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite.
Yep. He was awesome in Hannibal and came across as creepy and psychopathic as Lector himself. Identify was great as well. Most of his stuff post Goodfellas was a bit meh
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@JC sh*T going to listen to some this morning, enjoy the silence Andy
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The Yes rhythm section did some great, complicated stuff very well indeed and now they’re both gone.
I'm happy I got to see Yes twice when they toured in the 2010s, when Chris Squire was still the band leader. In the latter concert they played all of Fragile and Close to the Edge.
Now, they're Yes in name only with only Steve Howe left from the classic lineup.
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@Catogrande said in RIP 2022:
Seems a great waste to me. He was the next big thing, had a decent range and as you say, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite. Looked a physical wreck far too early and now gone quite young.
100%. They were calling him a Hollywood legend on TV this morning. That's really not true. He could and should have been, but I'll bet most people have never even heard of him. They were showing footage of Field of Dreams and but he wasn't even in that film much. I think I recall reading years ago that he only did one film a year. I guess that limited his output, particularly if that one film was crap. Shame.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RIP 2022:
@Catogrande said in RIP 2022:
Seems a great waste to me. He was the next big thing, had a decent range and as you say, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite. Looked a physical wreck far too early and now gone quite young.
100%. They were calling him a Hollywood legend on TV this morning. That's really not true. He could and should have been, but I'll bet most people have never even heard of him. They were showing footage of Field of Dreams and but he wasn't even in that film much. I think I recall reading years ago that he only did one film a year. I guess that limited his output, particularly if that one film was crap. Shame.
Dunno about that, he was pretty damn famous.
But certainly not a “legend” which tends to get thrown about when anyone passes.
I did love his performance in Hannibal at the end.
If Jared Leto or Daniel Day Lewis had played that part they would have insisted on having the top of their heads cut off for real though cos they’re “method”
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The Yes rhythm section did some great, complicated stuff very well indeed and now they’re both gone.
I'm happy I got to see Yes twice when they toured in the 2010s, when Chris Squire was still the band leader. In the latter concert they played all of Fragile and Close to the Edge.
Now, they're Yes in name only with only Steve Howe left from the classic lineup.
Most people don’t know Yes at all apart from “Owner of a broken heart” ( which I admit is a banger )
They’re no where near as well known as they should be compared to the Supergroups of that era. Genesis and Pink Floyd are kinda comparable but obviously far more famous.
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Goodfellas is such a lauded movie, and he's THE guy in it, that he's gonna get talked up off the back of that alone.
I thought Narc was really good, and so was Unlawful Entry (pretty sure Madeline Stowe gets the girls out?)
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RIP 2022:
@Catogrande said in RIP 2022:
Seems a great waste to me. He was the next big thing, had a decent range and as you say, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite. Looked a physical wreck far too early and now gone quite young.
100%. They were calling him a Hollywood legend on TV this morning. That's really not true. He could and should have been, but I'll bet most people have never even heard of him. They were showing footage of Field of Dreams and but he wasn't even in that film much. I think I recall reading years ago that he only did one film a year. I guess that limited his output, particularly if that one film was crap. Shame.
Dunno about that, he was pretty damn famous.
But certainly not a “legend” which tends to get thrown about when anyone passes.
I did love his performance in Hannibal at the end.
If Jared Leto or Daniel Day Lewis had played that part they would have insisted on having the top of their heads cut off for real though cos they’re “method”
If people see pic of him then he'll probably be recognisable. I'm just not sure they know his name. There are a few actors like that. John C Reilly and Liev Schrieber are maybe good examples.
I don't even think RL was nominated for an Oscar for Goodfellas, which is ridiculous.
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Something Wild
Field of Dreams
Goodfellas
No Escape
Unlawful Entry
Cop Land
Hannibal
Narc
Identity
Control
Revolver
Smokin Aces
Powder Blue
Killing Them SoftlyGreat preformances in some really good to great films
Not a bad legacy