RARA-AVIS: RIP Jules Dassin

From: Nigel Algar ( montana@dircon.co.uk)
Date: 01 Apr 2008


On 1/4/08 05:37, " BaxDeal@aol.com" < BaxDeal@aol.com> wrote:

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> In a message dated 3/31/08 9:15:25 PM, blumenidiot@yahoo.com
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>> > SI think Sudden Impact was after it. I guess I could look it up to be
>> > sure, but I'm  somebody on the list knows.
>> >
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> I had the good fortune to interview Jules Dassin some years ago for a piece on
> British TV about the photographer Weegee and the relationship between his
> work and the film THE NAKED CITY, which borrowed its title from the book by
> Weegee. Pleased to report that he was a gracious and thoughtful man.
>
> A few weeks back I introduced his NIGHT AND THE CITY to an audience of
> Œseniors¹ and pointed out how rare it was for four principals still to be
> alive from a film that was shot 57 years ago. Since then both Widmark and
> Dassin have left us, leaving Herbert Lom and Googie Withers. So all this may
> in fact be my fault....
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> Nigel

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