Jonathan Demme, 'Silence of the Lambs', 'Philadelphia'director, dead at 73

[Dback Jon]

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, whose Oscar-winning thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" terrified audiences and introduced one of the most indelible villains in movie history, died Wednesday morning in New York. He was 73.

He died of complications from esophageal cancer, according to a statement from his publicist.
Demme won consistent acclaim as the director of such diverse movies as the Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense"; "Philadelphia," the 1993 drama starring Tom Hanks as a lawyer battling AIDS; and "Beloved," the 1998 Oprah Winfrey movie based on Toni Morrison's bestseller about a 19th century slave haunted by the ghost of her daughter.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/26/entertainment/jonathan-demme-death-trnd/index.html

 

[Dback Jon]

Philadelphia was one of the more important/effective social movies of the 20th century.

 

[Covert Rain]

R.I.P.

 

[DemsMyBoys]

Philadelphia was one of the more important/effective social movies of the 20th century.

I have yet to make it through the entire movie. I get too emotional. It's too much of a reminder of what AIDS patients were subjected to. Which means Demme did his job. May he rest in peace.