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DIRECTORS--OLD AND NEW
The late George Sidney, celebrated director of musicals
ranging from Show Boat and Kiss Me Kate to Viva Las Vegas,
was celebrated at the Directors Guild of America last
week by many of his stars and colleagues. George never
went anywhere without a camera, but I occasionally turned
the tables on him. This was at his Beverly Hills home
in the early 1990s.
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George accumulated literally millions of negatives,
and I was among many who urged him to create a coffee
table book of his pictures--and anecdotes. I'm so sorry
he never did. In later years he took along a point-and-shoot
camera, and characterized a good event as a "four-roller,"
meaning that he had used up four rolls of film. Among
his other talents: he was a pretty fair piano player.
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Michael Mann is a passionate, tough-minded director
and writer, but he was in a celebratory mood as he accepted
an award for his terrific film The Insider along with
his stars, Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer, at
the 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association award
dinner.
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Pedro Almodovar happily poses with Penelope Cruz, who
starred in several of his films in Spain before she became
a Hollywood "name." Almodovar's newest movie,
by the way, is one of the best I've seen all year; Talk
to Her is making the film festival rounds, and will be
in theaters this December. |
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