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The Best Show on WFMU => Dear Tom => Topic started by: Chris L on January 21, 2013, 07:00:43 PM

Title: RIP Death Wish 1-3 director Michael Winner
Post by: Chris L on January 21, 2013, 07:00:43 PM

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"If you want art, don't mess about with movies," he once said. "Buy a Picasso."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/21/michael-winner-dead-british-filmmaker_n_2520346.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/21/michael-winner-dead-british-filmmaker_n_2520346.html)

Title: Re: RIP Death Wish 1-3 director Michael Winner
Post by: nec13 on January 22, 2013, 02:20:32 PM

If sleaze could be considered an artform, then I think Winner perfected it with Death Wish 2.

Title: Re: RIP Death Wish 1-3 director Michael Winner
Post by: BadGuyZero on January 22, 2013, 06:27:17 PM

The Netflix description of The Sentinel [another Winner-directed flick]:

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Model Alison Parker gets a great deal on a Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment -- but there's just one catch: It's also the gateway to Hell, and she's on the invite list.

I think I just found the next movie I'll be live tweeting!