Roger Avary was sentenced today to a year in jail in the sad story of a gathering of friends, a few drinks, a too-fast drive home, and the death of one of the friends and serious injuries to another.
I have to say… there are no winners here. Jail time and money will not make a parent’s grief any less painful. The punishment for Avary started the moment he realized what he had done at the wheel of that car.
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“One of the things I wish I could do in my life would be to watch this film through somebody else’s eyes. I just can’t. I still see it as just a giant mess, and other people are seeing that it has a shape. That’s really exciting, because I still have a hard time seeing it clearly.”
~ Sarah Polley’s Greatest Wish About Stories We Tell
“Anyway, Hitchcock eventually saw a rough cut of High Anxiety. He enjoyed it. But he said nothing after it. He just left. I [thought he] wasn’t happy. The next day, about 11 o’clock in the morning, I get this enormous, beautiful case of Chateau Haut-Brion 1961. That was almost 20 years old [at the time]. I mean, it was priceless. And there were magnums six of them, in a wooden case. Haut-Brion. I mean, oh my God. I’ve still got three of them left waiting. I keep all the good wines.”
What kind of occasion is worthy? When will you know it’s time to go into number four?
“A real, real occasion. I won’t drink it just because it’s a family occasion. I’ll drink it with guys that know what a good wine is and care about, you know, exquisite wines. I have a couple of friends that know what a good wine is.”
~ Mel Brooks, Foodie
Avary.
“He wanted to be able to get on with his life and allow the Zinis to get on with theirs by bringing some closure to this case.”
In this day and age of “celebrities” doing anything and everything to not face the music for their actions, I find it admirable Avary changed his plea and fessed up. He’s a really, really good guy and I know he’s sick over this. Like DP said, no winners here really.
i’ve always liked avery and was sorry to hear this…kudos for doing the ‘right’ thing…
We need to all sign this petition to get Roger Avary out of prison! He does not deserve to be there for driving his car while intoxicated that lead to the death of somebody. Clearly the driver of the other car, the so-called “victim”, was just wanting to be cast in the new Quentin Tarantino movie.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chez-pazienza/a-petition-to-the-state-o_b_305017.html