I woke up this morning to find out that Dan O'Bannon, the screenwriter of Alien and Total Recall, the writer-director of The Return of the Living Dead, and the writer, editor, production designer and star of John Carpenter's first film, Dark Star, has died. I'm sorry to hear it. I always thought of him as one of the key figures in popularizing the kind of cinematic science fiction that I grew up with.
If you ever want to read some trippy 70s skiffy, see if you can track down any of the stuff he wrote for Alejandro Jodorowsky's attempt to make Dune into a movie. O'Bannon tried so hard with that screenplay that he actually had a nervous breakdown and checked himself into an asylum for a while.
Goodnight and thank you, Dan.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Dan O'Bannon 1946-2009
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Damn. Damnity damn damn. I really liked this man's work.
I still think him trying to make his crewmates laugh in Dark Star with his box of stupid gag items is one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen.
RIP, Dan.
sad news.
without him there'd be no Alien series, Lifeforce or Blade Runner. terrible loss to science fiction and movies in general.
Not to mention that zombies wouldn't cry out for "Braaaains!"
Damn, no shit I put on 'Return of the Living Dead' on for my son out of the blue last night and I am also wearing one of my 3 "Return" shirts today, damn.
May Goddess rest his soul.
Peace
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