• Tarantino's film editor found dead
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[QUOTE=The LA Timse]Director Quentin Tarantino's longtime film editor, who went hiking with her dog amid the extreme heat Monday, was discovered dead early Tuesday morning by searchers in Beachwood Canyon, according to law-enforcement sources. Award-winning film editor Sally Menke, 56, worked on such movies as "Pulp Fiction," "Kill Bill" and "Jackie Brown." Menke had gone hiking in the morning, and her friends alerted police after she failed to come home. Search dogs, an LAPD helicopter and officers from patrol units spent hours in Griffith Park searching for her. Her locked car was found in a Griffith Park parking lot. Menke's dog was found alive, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The sources, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because the investigation was ongoing, said Menke's body was found at the bottom of a ravine near 5600 block of Green Oak Drive. No cause of death was immediately reported, and it's unclear whether the heat was a factor. LAPD Lt. Bob Binder said Menke and a hiking buddy set out about 9 a.m. to hike a trail in Bronson Canyon, in the shadows of the Hollywood sign. An hour later, Menke's partner decided to turn back. Menke and her Labrador retriever continued on. That was the last time she was reported seen. Friends and family contacted authorities about 4 p.m. First on the scene were officers with the city's General Services Department, which patrols the park. Searchers with the LAPD Metro Division and Los Angeles Fire Department were called in around 6 p.m. Her family and friends aided in the search. Menke's body was found just after 2 a.m. at the bottom of a ravine near the 5600 block of Green Oak Drive in Bronson Canyon. Her was dog sitting next to her body, which was about a football field's length from nearby homes. Ed Winter, assistant chief of the L.A. County coroner's office, said there did not appear to be a jump in deaths Monday because of the extreme heat. Sources familiar with the death investigation believe Menke became disoriented and collapsed, and the weather conditions contributed to her death. Winter said the coroner's office is trying to determine whether the heat played a role in Menke's death.][/QUOTE] [url]http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/09/quentin-tarantinos-longtime-film-editor-found-dead-in-ravine-near-griffith-park.html[/url] I know he is going to find someone to replace her, but man, those were some really great films. I don't know what to think.
I have no pun for this.
rip
atleast the dog is okay :unsmith:
shitt that sucks
[QUOTE][B]Her dog was sitting next to her body[/B], which was about a football field's length from nearby homes.[/QUOTE]Loyal to the end.
This must be devastating for her friends and family, particularly her hiking buddy that decided to head back while she kept going, that was the last time she was ever seen alive. Perhaps if her buddy had kept going she would still be here :(
[QUOTE=madmanmad;25110437]Loyal to the end.[/QUOTE] if it was a cat, it wouldn't be there. [editline]12:38PM[/editline] but yet, who would walk their cat :v: Give boxes for kittens to be tossed in the Rhine.
I bet Quentin is taking this hard too.
He just got edited out of his own life :( I tried but r.i.p.
This is some Pulp Non-Fiction. I dunno, shut up!! :argh:
A great editor that's surely a loss.
Fuck.
What a shame.
What a shame.
I'm not okay with this. :smith:
:smith:
That sucks, I feel sorry for the dog aswell.
God that sucks...But this article does show how loyal dogs are, that's something :smith:
Fuck, this is weird. Yesterday, I was thinking about the movie Titanic. Then I learn the old lady from that movie died. Earlier today, I was thinking about Kill Bill. Now I learn its editor is dead. ...
wow! i hope he finds a new editor because i would like to see a sequel featuring jules winnfield and the life and times of him after he retired it would be called pulp fiction 2: valley of darkness and it would feature bruce willis reprising his role and we see what he has been up to also!
Aw what. Watched the Pulp Fiction featurettes that gave an insight into the relationship Tarantino and Menke had. I feel any films he makes from now may never be the same again.
Holy shit, she's like the only movie editor whose name I know.
[QUOTE=TheLittleBus;25113287]Fuck, this is weird. Yesterday, I was thinking about the movie Titanic. Then I learn the old lady from that movie died. Earlier today, I was thinking about Kill Bill. Now I learn its editor is dead. ...[/QUOTE] STOP THINKING THINGS! a
They're gunning for him next.
For both her and the great movies that should have edited in her future: RIP.
RIP, lady you helped make some great movies
the dog did it. at least that's how it'd be if this was a tarantino film. :gbsmith:
[quote]Director Quentin Tarantino's longtime film editor, who went hiking with her dog amid the extreme heat Monday, was discovered dead early Tuesday morning by searchers in Beachwood Canyon, according to law-enforcement sources.[/quote] Good God no, she is frigging awesome, how could this hap- [quote][B]Her dog was sitting next to her body[/B], which was about a football field's length from nearby homes.[/quote] MANLY [IMG]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/ettore10/Stuff/Reaction/manly_tears.jpg[/IMG] TEARS
This is sad.
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