Anthony Minghella

[altariel]

Sad news about Anthony Minghella. Truly, Madly, Deeply was a defining undergraduate film for me, but what I remember most fondly is the series he did with Jim Henson, The Storyteller.

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[hafren.livejournal.com]

I get a nasty jolt whenever someone younger than me dies.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Yes, fifty-odd seems nothing to me, that's my brother's age.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

Me too. Or the same age, even. Also Minghella achieved so much in that 54 years.

[kathyh]

I was really shocked when I heard. I liked his films very much but I loved "The Storyteller". A nearly forgotten TV gem.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I think I still have it on video tape somewhere. It seems to have had a Region 1 DVD release, but I can't find it on Region 2.

I was really shocked too.

[kathyh]

It's on Play.com as Jim Henson's Storyteller here, but for an eye-wateringly painful price, and that's just Part 1. I think I'll have to stick with my elderly videos for the moment :(

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ouch, that is expensive :-(

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I loved the Storyteller too.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It was beautiful television.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's sad indeed. Thanks for mentioning it, A.

[greylin.livejournal.com]

Golly, I don't remember The Storyteller - maybe it coincided with my student years when I didn't have access to a TV. Those were the days, eh, when we all sat round in the SU and played rummy of a Saturday night. No, sadly I'm older than that ... I was just living abroad. Such a shame about Anthony Minghella, who seemed like a nice bloke apart from anything else. I'm eagerly awaiting The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency on Sunday - his swansong, as it turned out.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

If you can find The Storyteller somewhere (although the DVDs sound awfully expensive), it's well worth a watch. I must remember to record No 1 Ladies Detective Agency: I read a couple of the books and lost interest, but I think it will make good TV.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Sad news indeed. I have admired several of his films, and I love and own and regularly re-watch Truly, Madly, Deeply.

He was only a couple of years older than me. Gone far too soon.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It really is no age. I haven't seen TMD in years, but used to watch it very regularly not long after my father died.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Yes, very sad news. I've enjoyed every film of his I've seen. He was one of the few directors who never assumed the audience was dumb.

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

I also have fond memories of Truly, Madly, Deeply.

I knew his daughter vaguely by sight - she was at my college, in a different year - enough to have been thinking about her yesterday.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ah, that is sad.