One could sense his love of ordinary people, Byrne wrote.
That love surfaces and is manifest over and over throughout his career.
He was dealing with that in the day and shooting our low budget movie at night.
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Guess which one will be remembered?
Read Byrnes full statement below.
My friend, the director Jonathan Demme, passed last night.
I loved his films Melvin and Howard and Citizens Band (AKA Handle With Care).
From those movies alone, one could sense his love of ordinary people.
That love surfaces and is manifest over and over throughout his career.
We booked four nights at the Pantages Theatre in LA at the tail end of a tour for filming.
Jonathan joined us on the road and became familiar with the band and the show.
He was dealing with that in the day and shooting our low budget movie at night.
Guess which one will be remembered?
Stop Making Sensewas character driven too.
They became your friends, in a sense.
Jonathan was also incredibly generous during the editing and mixing.
That inclusion was hugely inspirational for me.
Jonathan went on to make a lot more featuressome hugely successful, others not so much.
He interspersed these with a number of documentaries and music films.
The documentaries are pure labors of love.
The fiction films, the music films and the docs are all filled with so much passion and love.
He often turned what would be a genre film into a very personal expression.
His view of the world was open, warm, animated and energetic.
He was directing T.V.
episodes even this year, when he was in remission.
Jonathan, well miss you.
