dagh!

Directors are dropping like flies!!

Antonioni has died as well, probably after having sex and then regretting it for some reason is my guess. Funny how he was a sexed up intellectual scopophilic version of Bergman, but so damned similar on some levels.

nytimes rather disappointingly only mention's zabriski point's commercial failure, which I guess is what we expect to read about when auteurs get in bed with hollywood - alas, it does no justice to the film itself, just the the business behind it. why should film criticism care? if I want industry money gossip I'll pick up a copy of variety, not the nytimes.

Yes, Lyman writes obits, but they're obits about filmmakers damnit.