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Richard Donner, director of “Lethal Weapon” and “The Goonies”, dies

Richard Donner, ninety-one, passed away on Monday in the United States. To confirm this, without ever revealing the causes of death, was a spokesman for his production company. Richard Donner, a kid from the Bronx, founded his The Donner’s Company in 1986, which over the years would have worked on the production of some of the most famous blockbusters. Free Willy, X-Men, Wolverine. Donner, whose beginnings came with television, has managed, over the years, to establish himself as an interpreter of a more pop, more profitable cinema.

At times, more simplistic.

“Being admitted into Richard’s circle meant having a chance to hang out with your favorite coach, the brightest of professors. It was like being able to hang out with the smartest of motivators, the most affectionate of friends, the most faithful ally, “said Steven Spielberg, who worked with Donner on Goonies.

The director, whom Spielberg called “All Heart and Childhood,” signed the film in 1985, after being consecrated to eternal fame with Superman, the film said to have ushered in the era of superheroes. TO Superman, they would watch the directors to come. Kevin Faige, who most recently wanted to praise it. Superman it would lay the foundations for the (cinematic) hegemony of the superomistic genre, allowing Donner to juggle different registers and narratives, all of which merged into a passion for action. Donner, who directed the first in 1987 Lethal Weapon, he would no longer distance himself from battles and explosions, from an adventure that he would continue to tell, first director, then producer.

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