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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:45 pm Post subject: Joel Schumacher - Director, Screenwriter, Costume Designer - dead at age 80 |
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The goal in life is to be a Scorsese - one of the all-time greats in your field; widely respected and loved; go from an angry, coked-out young man to magnanimous elder statesman; get to date Isabella Rossellini and Illeana Douglas.
But if one had to choose between being a spiteful genius jerkwad like Hitchcock or live a life like Joel Schumacher - make a bunch of mediocre, but memorable movies; go from street urchin to working on a fashion line to then Hollywood costume designer, screenwriter, director, and producer; be a well-liked, seemingly decent, friendly human being; have lots of sex and do tons of drugs - Schumacher's path seems a lot more fun and interesting way to spend one's time on earth.
RIP to a rare breed. And in lieu of the typical obit, please read the sprawling interview he did last year in which he is at his most fabulous, catty, and engaging: Vulture.com.
How could you possibly have sex with 20,000 dudes?! _________________ Under New Management |
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't realize he was that old. |
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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Decades ago, I interned for Joel Schumacher's company one summer on the WB lot. Never met him, but I was appreciative of the opportunity anyway. May he RIP. |
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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His adaptation of The Phantom wasn't bad. RIP |
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Joel Schumacher - Director, Screenwriter, Costume Designer - dead at age 80 |
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Baron Von Humongous wrote: | How could you possibly have sex with 20,000 dudes?! |
... and I thought Wilt's numbers were skewed. |
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