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Herb: When *was* the last time you fucked your wife?
Ed: You're a classy guy, Herb.
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Colin Morris: [Ed is waiting outside the Tiffany store for Diana] You're very good. You're really very good. I'm amazed we've not met before.
Ed: I beg your pardon?
Colin Morris: I've been watching you ever since you left Caper's yacht. Very impressive.
Ed: Oh yeah?
Colin Morris: You can stop performing now, Ed. If that's your name.
Ed: Heh, I don't know, what are you talking about?
Colin Morris: OK. I represent Monsieur Melville, and I can assure you that he will be far more reasonable than the SAVAK.
Ed: The SAVAK?
Colin Morris: The Shah's secret police. Death squad. Iranian gestapo. *Shaheen's* boys.
Ed: ...Shaheen's boys...
Colin Morris: Heh, heh, I like you Ed. I do like you. You're very good.
[Draws pistol, puts it in Ed's mouth]
Colin Morris: The stones.
Ed: What?
Colin Morris: Where are the stones?
Ed: I can't help you.
Colin Morris: [Cocks pistol] We do understand each other, don't we?
Ed: Uh, I don't know.
Colin Morris: [Sees police car approaching, puts pistol away] Very good. Very impressive. I'm sure we'll chat again.
Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme (Jonathan Demme), born in New York, USA on February 2, 1944, is an American director, screenwriter, and producer.
In 1974, he directed his first film " Caged Heat ", thus starting his career as a director. In 1980, directed the comedy " Melvin and Howard ", which was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 37th Venice Film Festival
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. In 1984, directed the comedy " Swing Shift ". In 1986, directed the crime comedy " Shooting Lulu "
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. In 1991, with the thriller " The Silence of the Lambs ", he won the Best Director Award at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival
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. In 1993, directed and produced the biopic " Philadelphia ", which was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival
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. In 1998, he served as the director of the romance film " Beloved ".
In 2002, directed the suspense thriller " The Truth About Charlie ". In 2004, directed the thriller " The Manchurian Candidate ", which won the 31st American Film and Television Saturn Award for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
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. In 2007, directed the documentary " Jimmy Carter Man from Plains ", which won the Biography Film Award at the 64th Venice Film Festival
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. In 2008, the directed love family film " Rachel Getting Married " was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 65th Venice Film Festival
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. In 2011, directed the comedy " Enlightened "
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. In 2014, directed the feature film " The Master Builder "
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. In 2015, directed the musical comedy " Ricki and the Flash "
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. On March 22, 2017, the directed crime drama " Shots Fired " premiered in the United States
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On the morning of April 26, 2017, Jonathan Demme died of esophageal cancer and heart disease at the age of 73
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Performing Experience
In 1974, he directed his first film " Caged Heat ", thus starting his career as a director. The film tells the story of a woman named Jackie who was sent to a women's prison for drug abuse. In 1980, he filmed the comedy " Melvin and Howard ", which was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 37th Venice Film Festival
.
In 1984, directed the comedy " Swing Shift ", which was co-starred by Go-Go and Kurt Russell . In the same year, he directed the feature film " Stop Making Sense ", which was co-starred by David Byrne and Benny Warrell.
In 1986, directed the crime comedy " Shot Shot Lulu ", which starred Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffith
. In 1988, directed the crime comedy " Married to the Mob " co-starring Michelle Marie Pfeiffer and Alec Baldwin
.
In 1991, directed the thriller " The Silence of the Lambs " co-starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster . The film won the 45th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award-Best Film Nomination, 15th Japan Film Academy Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Jonathan Demme won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival and the 64th Academy Awards for Best Director for this film
.
In 1993, Jonathan Demme directed the first biopic " Philadelphia " that explored sensitive topics about HIV . The film was co-starred by Tom Hanks and Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival
. In 1998, directed and adapted from Pulitzer's award-winning romance film " Beloved ", which was co-starred by Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover .
In 2002, directed the suspense thriller " The Truth About Charlie " co-starring Stephen Dylan and Thandie Newton . In 2003, directed the documentary " Agriculturalist ". In 2004, directed the thriller " The Manchurian Candidate " adapted from the novel of the same name written by Richard Condon. The film was co-starred by Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. and Meryl Streep and won the 31st American Film and Television Saturn Awards. Action/adventure/thriller movies
.
In 2007, directed the documentary " Jimmy Carter Man from Plains " co-starring Jimmy Carter , Roselyn Carter and Larry King . The film won the Biography Film Award at the 64th Venice Film Festival, the European Human Rights Film Award, and the Horizon and International Film Critics Person-week unit. In 2008, directed the romantic family film " Rachel Getting Married ", which co-starred Anne Hathaway , Rose , Debra Winger and others, and was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 65th Venice Film Festival
.
In 2011, he co-directed the comedy " Enlightened " co-starred by Laura Dern and Diane Ladd with Mike White and Miguel Arteta . The film tells the story of a self-destructive woman who has awakened and decided to live anew
. In 2014, directed the feature film " The Master Builder ", which tells the story of a devastating genius Solnis
.
In 2015, directed the musical comedy " Ricki and the Flash " starring Meryl Streep, Mary Willa Gummer , Kevin Kline and others . The film tells the story of a woman who abandoned her family in pursuit of fame and fortune when she was young and repaired with her alienated sons and daughters. The story of feelings and trying to save the family
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In 2016, directed the documentary "Justin Timberlake and Tennessee Children", which focused on the scenes of Justin Timberlake's concert in Las Vegas
. In 2017, directed the crime drama " Shots Fired " co-starring Sanaa Lathan and Helen Hunt , which premiered in the United States on March 22
.
Personal Life
On the morning of April 26, 2017, Jonathan Demme died of esophageal cancer and heart disease at the age of 73
.
Character Evaluation
The outstanding character of the character is the characteristic of Jonathan Demme's film . He is a generous, warm and compassionate person who has been sending warmth to people in need, and then using the power of art, music, poetry, and film to fill the gaps .
Jonathan Demme is a director full of fraternity, warmth and generosity ). He is just like his movie, talented, curious, and creative
Jonathan Demme has devoted his life to making documentaries-a genre that is often marginalized because their budget and commercial value are usually lower than fictional works. He is undoubtedly the director who organically integrates music into the film; few people are as sensitive as he is to capture those subtle and pure novelties .
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