Irvin Kershner isn't a household name. Often incorrectly billed as Irving, Ervin, or Irwin, the director's filmography includes such films as the uninspiring sequel
Robocop 2, the subpar "unofficial" James Bond film
Never Say Never Again, and
The Luck of Ginger Coffey, which, according to
Kershner's site has in recent years become a cult film, but whose cult status is hardly evident elsewhere on the internet. So why should we care that Irvin
Kershner has just died at age 78? Kershner directed the best of the Star Wars movies, and one of the best "second act" films ever,
The Empire Strikes Back. Just before he died,
Kershner spoke with Vanity Fair about the film, 30 years after its release in 1980.
posted by ocherdraco
on Nov 29, 2010 -
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Girl, Interrupted: The Life and Death of Brittany Murphy "Part of the shock surrounding Murphy's death is clearly related to her age, though it may also be attributed to the fact that Murphy has been in the public eye for over 15 years, starting out in Hollywood when she was 14... It's something we've watched progress this entire decade: young women who are held up as the next big thing (Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears) and then brushed aside or openly mocked after they no longer fit an expected mold. It is both a story of self-destruction and mass-destruction, the business of creating and destroying a star; sometimes it's caused by internal forces, and sometimes it's fed by the rest of the world."
posted by ocherdraco
on Dec 20, 2009 -
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