RIP. Here in Sweden the headlines mention primarily his role in Ivanhoe, a movie that has aired on Swedish TV almost every New Years for over 40 years.
Jurassic Park was the first movie I saw as a twelve year old boy at the cinema, and it not only made me a huge fan of the series but as a boy I was really into dinosaurs and it was really something to see them being "real" on a big screen for the first time.
"I have a theory that there are two kinds of boys. There are those that want to be astronomers, and those that want to be astronauts[...]That's the difference between imagining and seeing"
Pretty sure it's "But I LOVE what he did for the Australian flag." - he is a kiwi but that's arguably the Aussie flag with the colonial bit replaced with the local one
The part I liked in Event Horizon was Laurence Fishburn's character seeing the logs of the crew going crazy and immediately turning it off and saying, "We're leaving."
Probably the smartest decision made in a horror film. Time to get out of Dodge.
I saw him interviewed once and they asked about his cancer and he said that he did not find it very interesting. He said something to the effect of he finds living interesting and there's far more interesting things to talk about than his cancer. Paraphrased I don't recall exactly.
Yup, we can dream bigger and give bigger dreams :)
A silver lining in the tech progress is this : I remember watching movies from the 60s or the 70s, in the 90s, and feeling "damn, that looks old". I could only care about movies made after 1984, or something (and, men, did amblin and the "produced by Steven Spielberg-verse" give us good things to watch.)
I suspect that, now that movies are kinda "converging" in terms of visual, it will be easier to share the movies of our childhoods with the next generation.
Besides, they don't care that much about looks : I litteraly witnessed 10 year old kids getting hooked on my 1991 game boy !!!!
I’ve watched “In The Mouth of Madness” so many times. It is in my top 3 most re-watched horror movies list. Perfect Lovecraftian horror, and Sam Neill was perfect in it.
RIP. Here in Sweden the headlines mention primarily his role in Ivanhoe, a movie that has aired on Swedish TV almost every New Years for over 40 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanhoe_(1982_film)
He posted this video message to the Swedish people for New Years 2023: https://www.svt.se/kultur/ivanhoe-skadespelarens-nyarshalsni...
Great movie.
Jurassic Park was the first movie I saw as a twelve year old boy at the cinema, and it not only made me a huge fan of the series but as a boy I was really into dinosaurs and it was really something to see them being "real" on a big screen for the first time.
"I have a theory that there are two kinds of boys. There are those that want to be astronomers, and those that want to be astronauts[...]That's the difference between imagining and seeing"
Thank you for everything, doctor Grant.
"I would have liked to have seen Montana..."
You are forever in our hearts, Vasili.
An absolute legend. I thought he'd be around for longer. Thanks for making Jurassic Park what it is, Sam.
One of my favorite actors of all time. If you haven’t seen it, watch The Dish.
also the Event Horizon, his change of character is something you don't forget..
Not my favourite movie though. The horror in space trope is a very tired one.
Alongside the poorly lit spaceship. Spaceships are workplaces and workplaces should provide adequate illumination so you can see what you are doing.
But I LOVE what he did for the New Zealand flag.
Pretty sure it's "But I LOVE what he did for the Australian flag." - he is a kiwi but that's arguably the Aussie flag with the colonial bit replaced with the local one
The part I liked in Event Horizon was Laurence Fishburn's character seeing the logs of the crew going crazy and immediately turning it off and saying, "We're leaving."
Probably the smartest decision made in a horror film. Time to get out of Dodge.
Australian flag. The black, red and yellow flag he replaced the Union Jack with is the Australian first nations flag
Pandorum was pretty crazy (he wasn’t in it, but it was an odd space horror movie).
That's always the role I remember first when I hear his name, because it seems so unusual for him and because he was so great in it.
Even Horizon is a Warhammer 40k film that has nothing to do with Warhammer 40k.
It’s a wonderful little movie. Absolutely adorable.
So sad. Jurassic Park had a tremendous impact on me as a dino obsessed teenager ( was 13 when it came out). RIP.
It’s a unix system, I know this!
The file navigator she used was running on a silicon graphics machine, called fsn
https://preterhuman.net/software/file-system-navigator-fsn-s...
I saw him interviewed once and they asked about his cancer and he said that he did not find it very interesting. He said something to the effect of he finds living interesting and there's far more interesting things to talk about than his cancer. Paraphrased I don't recall exactly.
It is a touchy subject. When you have it, you don't want to think about it all the time.
I watched Possession (1981) a few weeks back. One of the weirdest films I’ve ever seen. His acting was so different from his later stuff.
Possession is such a fantastically special movie, heavily due to Neill and Adjani’s performances.
RIP to a real one.
I'm getting old, all my childhood heroes die.
Here's to "trying to be someone's childhood heroes"
Without dancing on TikTok or pulling stupid faces for YouTube thumbnails
Yup, we can dream bigger and give bigger dreams :)
A silver lining in the tech progress is this : I remember watching movies from the 60s or the 70s, in the 90s, and feeling "damn, that looks old". I could only care about movies made after 1984, or something (and, men, did amblin and the "produced by Steven Spielberg-verse" give us good things to watch.)
I suspect that, now that movies are kinda "converging" in terms of visual, it will be easier to share the movies of our childhoods with the next generation.
Besides, they don't care that much about looks : I litteraly witnessed 10 year old kids getting hooked on my 1991 game boy !!!!
Today New Zealand has lost a national treasure.
Haere atu rā ki te okiokinga.
And Northern Ireland.
And Australia. He lived in Sydney and the Aussie PM just posted a tribute.
Ah, that sucks. I’ve always enjoyed him.
One of the inevitable features of getting older. All my cultural icons keep checking out.
Hunt for the Wilder People was fun, as was Reilly, Ace of Spies.
He had a lovely gentle demeanor about him. He was good recently in the Untamed series.
As a kiwi he was the best of us. Creative, talented, willing to roll up his sleeves, maker of exceptional wine. Haere ra
Event horizon.
I’ve watched “In The Mouth of Madness” so many times. It is in my top 3 most re-watched horror movies list. Perfect Lovecraftian horror, and Sam Neill was perfect in it.
Do you read Sutter Cane?
RIP. Where he's going, he won't need eyes. Wait, perhaps that was an inappropriate quote to use.
Give me a ping Vasily. One ping only please.
Sad.
A minute of silence for him. No echoes.