Heath Ledger - News Accounts

[Ellemeno]

Well, it may be true, every last word, for all I know.... but that still doesn't mean Gilliam or anyone else has any business dishing this dirt on a man who has passed away and his ex who very obviously won't come foward to comment no matter what slander or "truth" these people level at her and her relationship with her daughter's father.

Even if every word is true it reflects extremely poorly on Gilliam that he doesn't just keep his mouth shut - the main thing he risks is hurting Matilda, and whatever went on in Heath's life that was the last thing he'd ever have wanted.

I agree with everything you've written in your posts, Mikaela.  It's appalling that Terry Gilliam said those things in public.

Back in the last century, when I was a lass, I used to love watching Monty Python.  I felt warmly toward Michael Palin, and John Cleese, and Eric Idle, and Graham Chapman, they gave off good vibes to me, but Terry Gilliam always creeped me out, and I avoided skits and episodes with him in them.

Heath admired him mightily though.

[Meryl]

Well, we knew it would happen--Heath getting lumped in with other celebrities who died of drug overdoses.  Here's the latest:

http://specials.msn.com/A-List/Celeb-prescription-drug-deaths.aspx?cp-searchtext=Celebrity%20prescription%20drug%20deaths

 

[Penthesilea]

Well, we knew it would happen--Heath getting lumped in with other celebrities who died of drug overdoses.  Here's the latest:

http://specials.msn.com/A-List/Celeb-prescription-drug-deaths.aspx?cp-searchtext=Celebrity%20prescription%20drug%20deaths

 

Yeah, we knew it would happen. 
*sigh*
 

[MilAn]

Modest Mouse's "King Rat" directed by Heath.


http://www.wearethemasses.com/videos/modest-mouse-king-rat

[gee mm willikers]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/04/watch-heath-ledgers-green_n_251353.html


Heath Ledger's Green Video
For Modest Mouse



The much-awaited Modest Mouse video for "King Rat" directed by Heath Ledger has been released today. And the video is an incredible look at what would happen if whales hunted humans.

All the proceeds from the iTunes downloads in the first month of release will go to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which works towards protecting and conserving marine life.  http://www.seashepherd.org/

Directed by Ledger, with Daniel Auber and Norris Houk in charge of the animation, the video is a "visual plea against the legal commercial whale hunts taking place off the coast of Australia," according to the press release.

Unfortunately, Ledger died before he could ever see the finished product.

[Ellemeno]

It's a great video.  Beautiful, creative, disturbing.  It's a very good legacy.  Thank you for posting, MilAn and John.

[optom3]

It's a great video.  Beautiful, creative, disturbing.  It's a very good legacy.  Thank you for posting, MilAn and John.

I will  just echo those sentiments and add my thanks.

[BayCityJohn]

This photograph is part of a current exhibition in Vienna



Kunsthalle Wien
Museumsplatz 1
+43-1-52189-33
Wien
hall 2
The Portrait.
Photography as a Stage
From Robert Mapplethorpe
to Nan Goldin
July 3-October 18, 2009

http://arttattler.com/austriavienna.html

http://www.kunsthallewien.at/cgi-bin/event/event.pl?id=3218;lang=de;page=2

[Meryl]

This photograph is part of a current exhibition in Vienna

What a stunning picture!  Thanks so much for posting it BCJohn. 

[optom3]

Thanks from me too. 
I don't think I have ever seen a more beautiful photo of him before,he appears almost ethereal. It is so Heath and yet so not Heath, it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.