# Nicholas Roeg dead at 90 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-roeg-dead-at-90/825080 "2018-11-25T22:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-roeg-dead-at-90/825080/1 "2018-11-25T22:40:08Z")
> **[Nicolas Roeg obituary](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/25/nicolas-roeg-obituary)** > > Director and cinematographer whose dazzling films of the 70s included Don’t Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth I thought “Walkabout” was amazing. “Performance”…well, fun, I guess. “Man Who Fell to Earth” was kinda funky - only 13 when I saw it - probably could use another viewing. R.I.P. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-roeg-dead-at-90/825080/2 "2018-11-26T00:35:28Z")
He was also a cinematographer who worked on \*Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, Masque of the Red DEath, Fahrenheit 451, \* and _A Funny Thing Happened on the WAy to the Forum_. But I admit I’ll always remember him for the offbeat _The Man Who Fell to Earth_. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-roeg-dead-at-90/825080/3 "2018-11-26T00:52:44Z")
Note to self: Get off lazy ass to finally get around to seeing _Don’t Look Now_. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-roeg-dead-at-90/825080/4 "2018-11-26T01:05:16Z")
An outstanding cinematographer, most of whose best known films as a director strayed into unsavory areas of sex and death. His trademark non-linear editing style has been hugely influential, though he seemed to lose his way a bit after - or perhaps during - _Bad Timing_. I found _Track 29_ and _Two Deaths_ unwatchable, and while _Eureka_ begins well, it ultimately succumbs to one of the silliest courtroom climaxes in cinema. Plotting was rarely a strong point of his movies. Nevertheless, his reputation as a director was secured with his first four non-fiction features: _Performance_ (co-directed with Donald Cammell), _Walkabout_, _Don’t Look Now_ and _The Man Who Fell to Earth_. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-roeg-dead-at-90/825080/5 "2018-11-26T01:17:42Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > Nevertheless, his reputation as a director was secured with his first four non-fiction features: _Performance_ (co-directed with Donald Cammell), _Walkabout_, _Don’t Look Now_ and _The Man Who Fell to Earth_. That should have been “his first four fiction features”. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-roeg-dead-at-90/825080/6 "2018-11-26T05:02:34Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Note to self: Get off lazy ass to finally get around to seeing _Don’t Look Now_. I saw that movie as a kid, and it scared the shit out of me. I forgot the name of it, started a thread here to find out, got my answer, watched it again, and was still freaked out by it. Good movie ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-roeg-dead-at-90/825080/7 "2018-11-26T13:03:57Z")
[Big Audio Dynamite’s E=mc2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHTDkJ-bQqM) is a tribute to the first five or so of his movies. Nice song.