The Talented Mr. Minghella

Another sad passing today, that of filmmaker Anthony Minghella who turned some of my favourite books into films (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley) that were certainly as good as, if not better than, the original.

Minghella was only 54, and died from complications from surgery he had a week ago for tonsil cancer.

Here David Carr in the New York Times looks back on his career.