Today, the British cinema lost one of its most colorful and controversial filmmakers in Michael Winner, who passed away after a long illness at the age of 77. Here in America, he is best known for the ultra-controversial 1974 cult classic DEATH WISH, and also one of the most underrated Westerns of recent decades, the 1971 psychological western LAWMAN:
"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt