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Thursday, May 26, 2005
Ismail Merchant: 1936-2005
It's a bad day for cinema. Sunil Dutt died a few hours ago, and now Ismail Merchant is gone. Merchant, one half of the Merchant-Ivory duo, was in the finest tradition of movie producers. An aesthete who loved art and good cinema, he enabled James Ivory to make a series of outstanding films, taking care of the moneymen while also cooking on the sets. He wrote some popular cookbooks
as well, but lovers of cinema will remember him more for the feasts he served up on the silver screen.
Some Merchant-Ivory films I would heartily recommend: The Householder, Heat and Dust, Howards End, A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day.
as well, but lovers of cinema will remember him more for the feasts he served up on the silver screen. Some Merchant-Ivory films I would heartily recommend: The Householder
, Heat and Dust, Howards End, A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day.
