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Author Topic: Phillipe Noiret (Alfredo the projectionist) has died Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 11-28-2006 07:05 AM                        Surprised this wasn't posted here - you guys are slacking. Time to go watch Cinema Paradiso again... New York Times article  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-28-2006 07:12 AM                     Indeed. This happened Saturday or Sunday from memory. Very sad. Anyone who hasn't seen Cinema Paradiso and is on this forum should be taken aside and slapped with a large feather. Of course, there's more to Phillipe Noiret than just Paradiso...but it's my favourite.  |  IP: Logged Floyd Justin Newton Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 559 From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-28-2006 10:38 AM                     So sad. A one hell-of-a-fine-actor. HE made "Cinema Paradiso" as no one else could. It's a GREAT shame that pictures such as "CINEMA" cannot be made in the U.S. as they once were. Now the industry is driven by GREED. Oh well, such is show biz!  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-28-2006 01:21 PM                       This is sad news, indeed. I identified so much, as many others have, with his wonderful portrayal in Cinema Paradiso.  |  IP: Logged Dieter Depypere Master Film Handler Posts: 343 From: Deutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria Registered: May 2005 posted 11-28-2006 01:51 PM                     I am surprised, but it is indeed sad. "Cinema Paradiso" happens to be one of my favourites. BTW, the story in "Cinema Paradiso" reminds me somewhat of my own story how I came to cinema (I was also a little boy back then ). [ 11-29-2006, 01:29 AM: Message edited by: Dieter Depypere ]  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-28-2006 06:32 PM                  Even though Phillipe Noiret had a prolific film career, "Cinema Paradiso" is the only film I saw him in. BUT! His performance (AND that single film) will forever be etched in my brain. Gosh! What great actor for a great part for a great film! Everytime I watch it, even though I've seen it dozens of times, I still cannot resist watching it "one more time". It STILL brings much happiness as well as tears of laughter and sadness to me! What a GREAT story AND film! RIP "Alfredo"... Mentor or not, YOU not only inspired that boy, but me as wel!...AND perhaps many others!  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-01-2006 07:24 AM                     Well said Phil. Cinema Paradiso IS my favorite film. It inspired me the first time I saw it. One of those films that captures you so well you feel like you are there. Quite an accomplishment in itself considering it is in a foreign language, a different time and a part of the world I have never been to.  |  IP: Logged

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