Friday, 15 February 2008
Roy Scheider 1932-2008
posted @3:12 p.m. by Richard Kelly
Since I’m on the subject, and contributions having been thin on the ground for a while, let me doff my cap to the great Scheider. He always seemed an unlikely movie star, rather more like someone who had crossed over from stage and TV in the 1960s and 70s, just as did some of the major US directors of that era, the Alan J. Pakulas and so forth. AS a star, though, Scheider made some astounding choices. (I’m afraid to say I never saw Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (1983), though I remember the cover in the video store.) Here’s my pick of ten favourite RS roles.
