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Penthesilea:
From Harald Sun:
Februar 18, 2008
Heath Ledger tribute at Tropfest
Article from AAP
A SPECIAL tribute to Heath Ledger has been screened at the Tropfest short film festival in Sydney where the Australian actor's ex-girlfriend Naomi Watts helped judge entries from rising filmmakers.
Before naming winners from a group of 16 short-listed entries, proceedings paused to remember the 28-year-old star who was found dead in his Manhatta apartment on January 22.
"The Australian film industry lost someone very, very special a few weeks ago," Tropfest founder and creative director John Polson told the crowd in Sydney's Domain.
"I didn't know Heath Ledger very well, but I did meet him a few times.
"Everything you have read about his tragic death is true ... He was an enormously talented actor, really just beginning to realise his potential.
"His death is an incredible loss and we at Tropfest send our deepest sympathy to his family."
A two-minute video tribute to Ledger then played on the huge Tropfest screen, including glimpses of the actor from his roles in Brokeback Mountain and A Knight's Tale.
Watts, who once dated Ledger, took to the stage to present the inaugural Balance Water Women in Film Award.
A quietly spoken Watts did not comment on Ledger and did not speak to reporters on her way into tonight's event.
However, Australian actor Geoffrey Rush who presented Tropfest's first prize, did acknowledge him.
"He is one of our brothers, he is one of our clan and I had the great fortune to work with him on two films and knew him a little bit socially," Rush said.
"We are going to miss him."
Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23231313-29277,00.html
smellykellyjay:
--- Quote from: atz75 on February 15, 2008, 05:26:05 pm ---. . . I also tend to trust People *slightly* more than some of the other celebrity magazines.
--- End quote ---
This reminds me of a scene from "Golden Girls" where the girls were shopping at the grocery store. At the checkout, Blanche got copies of TIME, NEWSWEEK, and "to really know what's going on in the world," PEOPLE. My memory of it is hazy, but I think that's the gist of it.
MaineWriter:
From New York Magazine:
(Untitled Heath Ledger Project)
In which the protagonist dies mysteriously, and the audience analyzes his final days for clues to his real character.
By Chris Norris
Published Feb 18, 2008
http://nymag.com/news/features/44217/
It is a long article, so I am just giving the link, not posting the whole thing, as I usually do.
L
ptannen:
I can't seem to find the article that this thread linked to that included this line, but it is something that really stuck with me:
"He may even be a role for some other promising young actor."
LauraGigs:
Yes, just a week or so before Heath died I saw "Hollywoodland", which is about the death of George Reeves, and included reenactments of it (the different possible scenarios). It was relatively tastefully done (sympathetic to him and not graphic — way less so than a lot of TV these days), but still. I imagine a few years from now Ledger's passing will be considered fair game for such dramatization, but hope there will be considerable pressure against it.
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