Nicolas Roeg’s death the other night (a year and a day after my mother’s) immediately brought to mind Eureka (1983), with his (then)wife Theresa Russell (a fine actress who first appeared in Kazan’s final film) along with Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Mickey Rourke, Helena Kallianiotes & Joe Pesci, probably because it has so much to do with the moment of death. It’s not my favorite of Roeg’s films (but I believe it was his favorite of his films and I don’t mean this to be a summary of his fine career) but it’s likely his most ambitious and worth the trouble of watching. RIP.
Nicolas Roeg 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018
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