Stanley Donen: il ricordo di Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro e Hollywood
Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro e altri ricordano Stanley Donen
Guillermo del Toro condivide un'immagine di Sciarada:Stanley Donen era un amico e uno dei miei primi mentori. La sua generosità nel dedicare così tanti weekend alla fine degli anni sessanta a studenti di cinema come me, per insegnarci come raccontare storie, montare obiettivi e dirigere gli attori... è un tempo che non dimenticherò mai. Ha co-diretto quello che alcuni considerano il più grande musical di Hollywood di tutti i tempi, Cantando Sotto la Pioggia. Ma quando ha lasciato il suo sodalizio con Gene Kelly per intraprendere la carriera in solitario ha realizzato i suoi film più convincenti in generi diversi. Sciarada, Il mio Amico il Diavolo, Due per la Strada erano i miei preferiti. Quando visiterò New York mi mancherà non incontrarlo durante le sue passeggiate quotidiane e sentirlo parlare della vita e dei film, due cose che per Stanley erano inseparabili.
Stanley Donen. Un brillante narratore - elegante, esuberante, un maestro del colore e un grandissimo coreografo della giraffa. Aveva così tanto stile, e così tanta gioia... avremo un debito nei suoi confronti finché ci sarà il cinema.
Stanley Donen. A brilliant storyteller- elegant, exuberant, a master of color and top crane choreographer. He had so much style and so much joy in him... We are indebted to him for as long s there is Cinema. pic.twitter.com/WSyLw6BOHL
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 23, 2019
Per Mitzi Gaynor, Donen ha avuto una vita ben vissuta:
Ho avuto l'onore di essere diretta da lui in Pacco a Sorpresa del 1960. Che dono incredibile che è stato per il cinema... Cantando Sotto la Pioggia, Sette Spose per Sette Fratelli, una lista di classici infinita come il suo talento.
Bravo to Stanley Donen on a life well lived. I had the honor of being directed by him in 1960’s Surprise Package. What an incredible gift he was to the movies — Singin’ In the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, the list of classics is endless, like his talent. #stanleydonen pic.twitter.com/loKKUMsZfd
— Mitzi Gaynor (@TheMitziGaynor) February 23, 2019
Edgar Wright elenca questi numerosi classici in vari generi cinematografici:
RIP the great Stanley Donen, some feat to have multiple classics in both musicals, but also comedies, thrillers, dramas. To have made On The Town, Singin’ In The Rain, 7 Brides For 7 Brothers, It’s Always Fair Weather, Funny Face, Charade, Two For the Road, Bedazzled....just wow. pic.twitter.com/MeArtLTaZE
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) February 23, 2019
Even though it’s not one of his best, I’m always curious about the very odd ‘Saturn 3’ which has amazing miniature work and sets, a Martin Amis script, a baddie called Hector and Harvey Keitel dubbed into English. A classic late night space oddity. https://t.co/t4A7EWOx8z
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) February 23, 2019
Donen's second movie, 'Royal Wedding' contains this one shot miracle of a musical sequence. And about 30 years before both Lionel Richie & 'The Fly' used the same revolving set gag. https://t.co/Ohp5PixT84
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) February 24, 2019
Ecco altri tweet:
Check out this great shot. Everybody is in focus! "Stanley Donen" pic.twitter.com/ELXTHKtqNe
— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) February 23, 2019
Today we’re thinking about Stanley Donen, who has passed away aged 94. The director and choreographer leaves behind a string of glorious musicals, including On the Town and Singin’ in the Rain. pic.twitter.com/TYgLg0dtou
— BFI (@BFI) February 23, 2019
Everything magical about Hollywood’s golden age is in Stanley Donen’s movies. From some of the most ecstatic musicals of the '50s to the bittersweet melodramas and Hitchcockian thrillers of the '60s, they’re models of grace and engines of pure pleasure. Farewell, dear friend. pic.twitter.com/v06EiJKK43
— Criterion Collection (@Criterion) February 23, 2019
R.I.P. Stanley Donen (1924-2019) pic.twitter.com/FMJTwaRIc6
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) February 23, 2019
"What we all like in life, I think, is the challenge of making something that is not easy." #RIP Stanley Donen, a legend who created movie magic at its most joyful, skillful, and sublime. No matter the genre, his films contained everything we could ever possibly want from cinema. pic.twitter.com/H0ZxTtf3DA
— Tribeca (@Tribeca) February 23, 2019