As driven, aggressive and purposeful as any of his film protagonists, Lumet directed 43 feature films from his 1957 debut, 12 Angry Men, to the 2007 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. Nominated four times for the Best Director Oscar, and receiving an honorary Academy Award in 2005, Lumet finally ran out of stories, clout and (the last to go) boundless creative energy. He died April 9, at 86, of lymphoma at his Manhattan home.
The New York Times has a great, informative video and interview with the director (it doesn’t allow an inbed; it is exclusive to the Times). I highly reccommend ‘The Last Word’. I do hope all the int’friends and film buffs check it out.
In the meantime…
There’s a lot of great films and film clips to choose from, but the above happens to be one of my all time favorites and if you listen to it, this scene (and film) has something to say about the hear and now.
The influential legend will be missed.
