"When Dino die, everybody cry," - R.I.P. Dino De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis is dead, alas. Yes, the name has a certain infamy among cineastes - but let's be honest here - yes, he produced a lot of crap, but most of it was highly entertaining crap. He also produced a lot of good films, and helped a lot of directors get a leg up - David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Michael Cimino, Richard Fleischer, amongst a very long list.
And most of those films are die-hard favorites of most audiences out there.
The Bible
Danger Diabolik
Barbarella
Serpico
3 Days of the Condor
Mandingo
Drum
Buffalo Bill and the Indians
The White Buffalo
Conan The Barbarian
The Dead Zone
Dune
Maximum Overdrive
Blue Velvet
Flash Gordon
We will never see his like again in this world - and woe is us.
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I am trying to find some unifying theme of the projects he chose. I guess "International" is the only word that ties them together. I still love the opening sequence to Flash Gordon - I actually saw it 2-3 times when it came out, mostly because my friends were such big Queen fans and "camp" fans. Some of these are new to me.
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