R.I.P. Harold Pinter

fin. :(

or should that be (pause) :(

Theater Giant Harold Pinter Dead at 78
Posted 7 minutes ago in Arts & Living
(Newser) – Harold Pinter, one of the foremost playwrights of the 20th century, has died of cancer at the age of 78. He began his career as a poet before writing such classic plays as The Caretaker and The Homecoming, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2005. His widow, Antonia Fraser, said in a statement to the Guardian: "He was a great, and it was a privilege to live with him for over 33 years. He will never be forgotten."

Pinter was famous for his use of silences and inaction, so much so that the adjective "Pinteresque" has entered the theatrical lexicon. In addition to writing plays, he worked as an actor and director throughout his career. Later in life became an outspoken campaigner against human rights abuses, and in his Nobel lecture he vociferously attacked the American and British governments for the war in Iraq.

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Synecdoche come true.
RIP to an innovator.

Just...crying. What an upset to wake up to. RIP

RIP.

This really sucks :( RIP

RIP.

RIP. Another of the 20th century's great artistic and left-wing voices fades into silence.

I watched Synecdoche, NY last night, so this is a little weird! Godspeed, ol' Harold.

shit dude, RIP

pour one out
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since everyone'll be looking, can anyone remember some one-act by him where its in a bar and I think the customer keeps enquiring after someone but there's this hilariously over the top subtext, it's both really menacing and pants-ruiningly funny.

lasted quite a long while with his illness, pissing people off; well done.

:(

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. RIP.

how terrible

Damnitall! RIP.

:-( the interview on bbc a few years ago is sth i'll never forget. he is/was such a character. :-(

Not mentioned much in obituaries, but he was a big cricket fan, and was regularly to be seen at Lord's.

any friend of slobodan milosevic is a friend of mine oh wait

challops alert

His defenses of Castro and Milosevic disgust me, but what 20th century literary figure practiced decent politics (don't answer that)?

Not sure he was defending Milosevic per se, more taking the Chomsky line that to try Milosevic suited Western ends.

@plax - are you speaking of "celebration"?

This was (inevitably) touched on in the really quite shitty and too-soon (which was probly half the thinking) takedown of his politics in the Times today that took up a deal more space than the actual overview of his career.

Oh yeah and RIP

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love this guy for the trio of films he made with Joseph Losey. Also, there's a copy of the Pumpkin Eaters at home that I borrowed last week just because he wrote the screenplay. :(

French Lieutenant's Woman screenplay is great too.

he could be a formidable actor too ... like in this:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119690/