Nicolas Roeg, one of Britain’s most admired and influential film-makers, has died aged 90, his family has announced. Roeg is best known for a run of acclaimed movies in the 1970s and early 80s, including horror Don’t Look Now, Australian outback drama Walkabout, The Man Who Fell to Earth (starring David Bowie), and Performance (starring Mick Jagger). “It isn’t a horror film, it isn’t a thriller. It was 1973’s Don’t Look Now that gave Roeg his first genuine hit. Having risen through the ranks and devised his own, unique film language, Roeg held firm convictions in cinema as a distinct art form.

Source: The Guardian November 24, 2018 14:40 UTC