What is an auteur? The question never goes away, does it? The director Irvin Kershner died last week, and I commemorated his passing by putting up some of my thoughts about his work up at my
"Irvin Kershner, renowned for making the epic Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back [1980], has died in Los Angeles aged 87," reports the AFP. "Kershner also directed Sean Connery as James Bond in
Wow, look at the vestibule of that apartment. Back in the early '60s, such a place was regarded as "shabby," never mind its high ceilings. Nowadays you're luck if you could get it for less than three