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Magician with a Movie Camera: A Tribute to Nicolas Roeg

09 April 09

Danny Boyle and many others pay tribute to the cinematic visionary.

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He never hesitates, he goes right into the heart of human nature - and it's painful, and it's brilliant... (Terry Gilliam)

Watch Terry Gilliam, Danny Boyle, James Marsh, Mike Figgis and many more celebrate the work of visionary director Nicolas Roeg.

At this special BAFTA event Roeg takes to the stage to accept the Academy's Special Award - presented for Outstanding Creative Contribution to Cinema - from Jenny Agutter, Danny Boyle and Luc Roeg.

A host of extraordinary filmmakers then pay tribute to the man many cite as their career inspiration and cinematic hero. With clips from Roeg's major works they illustrate exactly why his films are held in such high esteem.

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Nicolas Roeg has created some classics of modern cinema as well as inspiring several generations of world-class filmmakers by virtue of his poetic eye and iconoclastic approach to storytelling.

Danny Boyle considers Roeg to be as important as David Lean in the history of British cinema, and it’s impossible to keep track of the number of contemporary filmmakers who point to Don’t Look Now as among their key influences.

With Performance, Bad Timing, The Man Who Fell To Earth and Walkabout, Roeg cemented his place in the modernist canon - but his influence owes as much to his uncompromising approach as to the detail of his personal creative vision.