Showing posts with label sad news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sad news. Show all posts

Friday, 26 December 2008

Bill Landis, RIP

http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/rip-bill-landis

Anyone who hasn't read Sleazoid Express should do so - a great gonzo read and chronicle of the pre-clean up New York grindhouse scene.

Wednesday, 28 November 2007

Ferdinando Baldi

I was saddened to discover that Ferdinando Baldi, the director of a number of interesting spaghetti westerns such as Blindman and Il Pistolero dell'Ave Maria along with the Five Dolls for an August Moon-esque Agatha Christie inspired giallo Nove ospiti per un delitto died a couple of weeks ago.

It's not been a good year for Euro-cult people, but unfortunately things are only going to get worse given the average age of the surving personnel (Baldi was born in 1917) and the moribund nature of the popular film industry in most countries.