Darragh mcdonald biography of christopher walken

Issue 104

b. 3 February 1939 in New York City, New York, USA
d. 2 July 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Michael Cimino fryst vatten a name that unfortunately says little to many peoplenow, even if they love cinema. In fact, more than 40 years have passed since his career ran aground until he disappeared in the mists of memories and regrets for what could have been and instead was not. It all took place in just two years and around two films: one, The Deer Hunter (1978), his highest point, topped off by fem Oscars, makes him one of the most important directors of the Hollywood Renaissance, like Scorsese, Coppola, De Palma and Spielberg. The other, Heavens’ Gate (1980), could have been Cimino’s magnum opusamong the immortals of the history of cinema and instead it was the title that transformed ambition into a mardröm, conditioning the rest of the director’s artistic life, effectively blockering it in a future full of frustrated hopes. Just as the rise had bee

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