LU-CI-US, LIGHT OF MY LIFE, FIRE OF MY LOINS. MY SIN, MY SOUL. LU-CEE-US: THE TIP OF THE TONGUE TAKING A TRIP OF THREE STEPS DOWN THE PALATE TO TAP, AT THREE, ON THE TEETH. LU. CI. US.
RIP: Legendary filmmaker Sidney Lumet, auteur of such notable classics as 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon and Network, passed away this morning from lymphoma at his home in Manhattan. He was 86.
As part of their ongoing video obit series The Last Word, The New York Times sat down with Lumet to discuss “his career, his gritty New York films and his legacy.” You can watch it here.