Kim...
There are a thousand plus one terrific tribute posts to Kim out on my flist. I wanted to link to raloria's tribute this morning. It has single screen caps of all of the SPN episodes Kim directed. I love this umbrella shot from Scarecrow. Seeing all those shots of an emotional Dean and reading yesterday about how masterful Kim was at getting the best out of his actors--just makes me appreciate him more.
I posted segments of Jim's tribute to Kim yesterday. But mrsr58 had a version that was more complete than mine, so I'm reposting it again:
"Last night, a friend my age left me and all those who loved him forever. I first met Kim Manners when he directed me in an episode of THE X-FILES, for which he was a major figure in the appeal of that show, its look, style, and movement. I thought, in that few days, that I had found one of the great directors I'd ever worked with, and a mensch of the first order. Little did I know.
Several years later, I ended up with a recurring role on SUPERNATURAL, where Kim was both an executive producer and a principal director. I have never had such fun working with a director, and Kim became a dear friend. He was the willing butt of the enormous humor on that set, most of it from the two leads, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, who delighted in tormenting him, and he was as good at giving it as taking it. He was an AMAZING director, who knew everything I can imagine a director might need or want to know about directing television. And he was one of the very best people, one of the very best friends, a person might ever want to have. His illness since the beginning of this, SUPERNATURAL's fourth season, has cast a pall over the show for months now, and every time I have appeared on the show this season, someone has broken down in tears in discussing Kim's health or how much we missed him.
I will go to my grave regretting the very real opportunities I missed in connecting with him these last few months. Take a lesson from one who let a dear friend down badly. My only excuse is that I, like all who knew him, never believed anything could take him down. I loved him dearly, and I hope he knows that.
"All right, now, KICK IT IN THE ASS! ACTION!!"
Rest in peace, chum."
I tracked responses to just about every LJ post about Kim yesterday. I have 400+ email comments in my inbasket so far. Had to stop this morning because I didn't think I could take anymore.
I posted segments of Jim's tribute to Kim yesterday. But mrsr58 had a version that was more complete than mine, so I'm reposting it again:
"Last night, a friend my age left me and all those who loved him forever. I first met Kim Manners when he directed me in an episode of THE X-FILES, for which he was a major figure in the appeal of that show, its look, style, and movement. I thought, in that few days, that I had found one of the great directors I'd ever worked with, and a mensch of the first order. Little did I know.
Several years later, I ended up with a recurring role on SUPERNATURAL, where Kim was both an executive producer and a principal director. I have never had such fun working with a director, and Kim became a dear friend. He was the willing butt of the enormous humor on that set, most of it from the two leads, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, who delighted in tormenting him, and he was as good at giving it as taking it. He was an AMAZING director, who knew everything I can imagine a director might need or want to know about directing television. And he was one of the very best people, one of the very best friends, a person might ever want to have. His illness since the beginning of this, SUPERNATURAL's fourth season, has cast a pall over the show for months now, and every time I have appeared on the show this season, someone has broken down in tears in discussing Kim's health or how much we missed him.
I will go to my grave regretting the very real opportunities I missed in connecting with him these last few months. Take a lesson from one who let a dear friend down badly. My only excuse is that I, like all who knew him, never believed anything could take him down. I loved him dearly, and I hope he knows that.
"All right, now, KICK IT IN THE ASS! ACTION!!"
Rest in peace, chum."
I tracked responses to just about every LJ post about Kim yesterday. I have 400+ email comments in my inbasket so far. Had to stop this morning because I didn't think I could take anymore.