Sad to report this morning the sudden passing of fellow Cineaste associate Paul Arthur, whose articles on documentary filmmaking were without peer. His last feature, on Power of Nightmares director Adam Curtis, ran in our Winter issue. Said editor Cindy Lucia, "Words can't begin to express the stunning sense of loss I'm sure we all are feeling--for the invaluably incisive film scholar and critic, the inspiring teacher, the loving father and steadfastly loyal friend we knew Paul to be." There is no softening this blow, felt as well at Film Comment, which he also contributed to. But I took some solace from the Contributors page in our Spring issue, which noted that he recently completed a book on Nick Broomfield, to be published by the University of Illinois Press.
| QUOTE (Bob Cashill @ Mar 26 2008, 09:02 AM) |
| His last feature, on Power of Nightmares director Adam Curtis, ran in our Winter issue. |
I'm an irregular Cineaste reader at best, but I did order the Winter issue for Bob's interview with Brian De Palma, and ended up finally sitting down with "The Power of Nightmares" as a direct result of reading Paul Arthur's piece on Curtis.
I didn't know him all that well, but when the guy you've bantered with and edited suddenly isn't there anymore...well, it's a shock. (He hated REDACTED, by the way.)