Chris Knipp
06-22-2016, 10:16 AM
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Sad about the death at 27 of the Russian--born movie star Anton Yelchin. His death happened in a freak accident at home when he was trapped between his heavy Jeep and a gate to the driveway. This may have been due to a defect in the design of the car's gear box. Besides the new Star Trek, Yelchin has 65 IMDb credits. I remember him in small films like Alpha Dog, Charlie Bartlett, Odd Thomas, Like Crazy. He was an appealing young actor. Anton was brought to America as a baby by his parents, who were champion skaters of the Leningrad Ice Ballet, and defected. He was Jewish. He had an eager, boyish quality. He may have taken so many roles, not all great ones, partly out of a need to be fully self sufficient, to justify initially disappointing what he called in an interview his parents' conventional "Russian-Jewish thing" of wanting him to be a doctor or a lawyer. But his presence not only in the high-profile Star Trek but also recently in Jarmusch's beautiful Only Lovers Left Alive and Jeremy Saulnier's cool, ultra-violent Green Room indicated that his career, which had already included some distinctive roles very early, was growing steadily stronger and more selective. He had personality, passion, intelligence and heart. As a Rolling Stone obituary article says, "He was only beginning what would have been a long, rich career."
Sad about the death at 27 of the Russian--born movie star Anton Yelchin. His death happened in a freak accident at home when he was trapped between his heavy Jeep and a gate to the driveway. This may have been due to a defect in the design of the car's gear box. Besides the new Star Trek, Yelchin has 65 IMDb credits. I remember him in small films like Alpha Dog, Charlie Bartlett, Odd Thomas, Like Crazy. He was an appealing young actor. Anton was brought to America as a baby by his parents, who were champion skaters of the Leningrad Ice Ballet, and defected. He was Jewish. He had an eager, boyish quality. He may have taken so many roles, not all great ones, partly out of a need to be fully self sufficient, to justify initially disappointing what he called in an interview his parents' conventional "Russian-Jewish thing" of wanting him to be a doctor or a lawyer. But his presence not only in the high-profile Star Trek but also recently in Jarmusch's beautiful Only Lovers Left Alive and Jeremy Saulnier's cool, ultra-violent Green Room indicated that his career, which had already included some distinctive roles very early, was growing steadily stronger and more selective. He had personality, passion, intelligence and heart. As a Rolling Stone obituary article says, "He was only beginning what would have been a long, rich career."