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Nicolas Roeg
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15 August 1928 - 23 November 2018
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A native of London, Nicholas Jack Roeg (Nicolas Jack Roeg) by the time of his directorial debut in 1970, could already be considered a veteran of British cinema, having come a long way from an editorial apprentice to a director. As the cameraman of the second group, he participated in the filming of David Lean’s famous adventure film Lawrence of Arabia, later independently worked with François Truffaut (Fahrenheit 451, 1966), John Schlesinger (Far From the Mad Crowd, 1967) and Richard Lester (Petulia,
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A native of London, Nicholas Jack Roeg (Nicolas Jack Roeg) by the time of his directorial debut in 1970, could already be considered a veteran of British cinema, having come a long way from an editorial apprentice to a director. As the cameraman of the second group, he participated in the filming of David Lean’s famous adventure film Lawrence of Arabia, later independently worked with François Truffaut (Fahrenheit 451, 1966), John Schlesinger (Far From the Mad Crowd, 1967) and Richard Lester (Petulia, 1967). In 1968, together with Donald Cammel, he shot his first film “Perfomance” with the famous rock musician Mick Jagger. The general nonconformist orientation, the abundance of bed and drug scenes shocked the Warner Brothers company, which delayed the release of the film for two years. In 1971, Rogue temporarily moved to Australia, where he shot the mysterious film-saga “The Bypass”, becoming not only the director, but also the operator of the picture. By the early 80s, Rogue became a very famous director, recognized not only in Europe, but also in the United States, among the most successful films in his asset were the mystical thriller "And now do not look" (1973), the psychological science fiction drama "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976), in which another famous rock musician - David Bowie, "The Wrong Time" (1980) - actress Teresa Russell, who played the main female role in this film, later became his wife and repeatedly starred in his films. The hallmark of most of his films is a bizarre vision of the world through the prism of messy, fragmentary images, the dominance of the pictorial series over the narrative. Over time, his paintings became less and less understood by both viewers and critics, and could not withstand competition with his previous works - the release of Eureka (1983) and Cold Skies (1991) was limited due to problems with distribution, and Full Body Massage and Hotel Paradise approached banal erotic films. The most successful works of recent decades are the black comedy-thriller “The Way 29” (1988) and the fantastic fairy tale “The Witches” (1990).