Dr. DVD

RIP . He definitely made some classics.

Sonic

Rest in peace

Drexl

RIP, one of the greats.

The Antipodean

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead was astonishing for someone in their mid-80s to direct, and what a film to go out on. Thanks Sidney.

Geofferson

So many great movies...

Solid Snake

really wish the BD was a bit cheaper right now...

conscience

Awesome director. I bought Dog Day Afternoon on Blu just yesterday.

CharlieK

It's alright. We understand. You're in mourning.

riotinmyskull

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. this is what i come home to?



NETWORK will be my next blu-ray purchase.

mario_c

Very sad news. One of the underappreciated greats - he didn't have the rep of a Kubrick or make as much money as Spielberg, but he made a hell of a mark in his own way.

Charlie Goose

Yeah, it's a very good movie, too bad it didn't get more attention. Although it probably will now.

12 Angry Men is one of my all-time favorites, and one of the best directed films I've ever seen.

Solid Snake

I'm still amazed that 12 Angry Men was his 1st directed film..what a way to start.

JohnnyMovie

SL

inri222

Attica!!!

Fist of Doom

I've only seen six of his films, but they're all either very good or masterpieces. Agree with the consensus that Before the Devil Knows You're Dead was a great note to end his career.

MoviePage

Sigh. People this great should be exempted from death.

Network is one of those key movies that was vital to my formative movie-lover years. I've seen it at least 10 times and it's fascinating and riveting every time.

I need to finally watch Dog Day Afternoon, which has always been on my personal list of those classics that you mean to watch but never get around to. I even own it on DVD.

I'd also like to throw in a little shout-out to Murder on the Orient Express, which gets a lot of flack from some critics and certainly isn't on the level of some of his other work, but which is at the very least one of the best big-screen Christie adaptations and a movie I've always enjoyed.

Great final line from Ebert there.

Gloria!?

Ash Ketchum

My favorites of his are SERPICO (1973) and PRINCE OF THE CITY (1981), two of the best films about New York City police culture ever. Then he made Q&A (1990) with a similar theme but totally wrong casting. It was a complete misfire. The first two were based on true stories and the third was based on a novel. Maybe that had something to do with it. Or maybe Lumet had less control over it. I dunno.

Brando gives a great performance for Lumet in THE FUGITIVE KIND, which I watched last September for the Criterion Challenge.

wm lopez

That's this generation's fault.
The generation of remakes, part 2's in movies and samples in rap and no guitar gods in rock.
Creativity ended in the early 90's.

Supermallet

Just because you don't know where to find creativity doesn't mean none exists.

I can't see Sweden from my window, therefore, Sweden does not exist!

wm lopez

You would have to have seen DOG DAY AFTERNOON before the year 2000 to know this is a great film. Today with just about everything being reality t.v. young views are not impressed this movie. I remember I let a 20yr. co-worker who was a Pacino fan because of SCARFACE and THE GODFATHER watch my dvd of DOG DAY AFTERNOON. He didn't like at all.

DeanoBKN

I just watched Before The Devil Knows Your Dead the other night. At a previous job I had a co-worker to got to listen to a Q&A about the film and they described Lumet's directing style. Very interesting to hear.

I think I will pop in 12 Angry Men tonight.

RIP.

Solid Snake

you make no fucking sense. Scarface, I do like the film...I'll admit, at it's worst is a HUGE pop culture beast that won't unfortunately die and is totally misunderstood by the youth cuz...Tony Montana was the guy who started from noting and became a big guy..and he was visually cool to these people. Godfather is a romanticized view of the mob.

DDA isn't either of those two things. Pacino isn't a cool character in the sense of visualizing your main character. His DDA character is soooo opposite of MC and TM....that he might seem kind of pahetic compared to their view of Pacino via Scarface and The Godfather films.

printerati

"Jack" was directed by Coppola.

Supermallet

That's my grandfather's name, actually.

Jaymole

I just went through my DVDs & Blu-rays and I own 25 films that he directed...I did not know I had that many.

Just watched 12 Angry Men again and will now watch The Pawnbroker in memory of Mr Lumet.