R.I.P.: Sidney Lumet (1924–2011)
News out that famed director Sidney Lumet has died. Some of the movies he directed: Twelve Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, Equus, The Verdict. He also was a screenwriter, some of his writing credits: Prince of the City, Q&A, Night Falls on Manhattan. His daughter Jenny Lumet is a screenwriter (Rachel Getting Married). I will be accumulating articles and obituaries for Lumet throughout the day:
Hollywood Reporter
Indie Wire
LA Times
Time
Variety
Wall Street Journal
The Wrap
Sidney Lumet IMDB page
Roger Ebert: In memory of Sydney Lumet.
Twitter comments from screenwriter-director James L. Brooks:
Sidney Lumet was ferocious..read his book on directing, you’ll get the ferocity real quick..always on time, always on budget and brilliant.
to me Sidney Lumet’s Network is in the argument for greatest film ever..stone cold saw future. check out less known Prince of the City.
Lumet accomplished toughest of tricks: to be singular and outside the system and still impact the culture. Wild man & precise artist.
Jenny Lumet talks about the memorable dishwashing scene in Rachel Getting Married and its roots in her own personal history with her father. I posted about that scene here back in 2008.
Another link from @LaFamiliaFilm: Lumet in conversation Neal Gabler.