I reckon Harold Ramis is one of those guys where it's okay to make jokes about his death because doing so is actually a better way of remembering him than being all sad and miserable.<p>So... I'm looking forward to Ghostbusters 3 even more now! One question, though: Are ghost actors eligible for Oscars nominations?
A while back I read an article using Groundhog Day as an example how we can never have perfect information in an economic system.<p>"The movie Groundhog Day (1993) illustrates the importance of the Mises-Hayek paradigm as an alternative to equilibrium economics by illustrating the unreal nature of equilibrium theorizing."<p><a href="http://archive.mises.org/5546/the-economics-of-groundhog-day/" rel="nofollow">http://archive.mises.org/5546/the-economics-of-groundhog-day...</a>
Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day are both truly great films with an astonishing influence on American culture. He'll be missed, but never forgotten.
This man was a legend! He wrote/directed/produced/started in some of the most icon comedy films every (love me some Stripes). Its strange that he was able to slip under the radar. I think he liked it that way.<p>Harold seemed like a great guy. Always smiling. Always willing to give the funny lines to everyone else.<p>I hope he gets the coverage that he deserves. He truly was one of the greats!<p>I know this sounds a bit selfish of me, but I kinda wish there was a third Ghostbusters movie (ya ya ya, the game was the "3rd" movie). It would've been great to see him in a suit again and to be praised for the amazing films he brought to us.<p>R.I.P. Mr. Ramis<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igfRYtwpQyU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igfRYtwpQyU</a>
What a bummer. It's nearly impossible to overstate his impact on modern Hollywood comedy.<p>Groundhog Day blew my mind. There was something so dark about the idea that Bill Murray's character couldn't even kill himself to escape the cycle, and also the idea of how lonely it would be to have eternity but no one to share it with. I can't think of another comedy that was so thought provoking.
Near the end of the article, it said that Ramis was visited recently by Bill Murray, from whom he'd been estranged for years. I wonder what that was all about, given their history together?
Groundhog Day is one of my favorite films of all time. I think it's really Important that when trapped in his lonely cycle Murray finally settles on taking care of others as perfectly as he can. Beautiful.
Left this in another thread, but here's the definitive profile of Ramis, by Tad Friend of The New Yorker. It examines the how and why Ramis's movies have stayed so funny for so many years. The author has unlocked it for the next 24 hours:<p><a href="https://www.byliner.com/tad-friend/stories/comedy-first?AFID=273784&share=243720620f3aaa8a0e9e8308f0f067d0" rel="nofollow">https://www.byliner.com/tad-friend/stories/comedy-first?AFID...</a>
Horrible news.<p>Today's passing of Ramis added to the passing of John Hughes in '09, means the two powerhouses of the Golden Age of cinematic comedy (70's, 80's and early 90's) are gone.<p>Thanks for the laughs, Harold.
Hughes. Ramis. We are starting to lose what might be, for all its diversity, be called a significant "generation" of filmmakers. Certainly significant for the generation that grew up with and a bit on their work, and for the generations of filmmakers who have followed them.<p>Feels like a transition -- or the defining final notes for such transition.