Tue 18 Mar 2008
Mourning Minghella
Posted by Jason D. under Movies
One of the best directors of this generation, and possibly my favorite, passed away Monday 0500 GMT.
Anthony Minghella died yesterday, a week after having removed a growth from his neck that led to a fatal brain hemorrhage, he was only 54.
Former British P.M. Tony Blair described Minghella as “a wonderful human being, creative and brilliant, but still humble, gentle and a joy to be with.”
While I’ve never met Minghella personally I could only imagine that the director of ‘Cold Mountain’, ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ and, 9 time Academy Award winner ‘The English Patient’ would be described simply as brilliant.