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| Also Known As: | Anthony Francis Furst | Died: | November 24, 1991 |
| Born: | May 6, 1944 | Cause of Death: | suicide; suffered multiple injuries after jumping from the eighth floor of a parking structure |
| Birth Place: | London, England, GB | Profession: | production designer |
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Gained initial attention for his work on "The Company of Wolves" (1985), Neil Jordan's revisionist version of "Little Red Riding Hood", before designing Stanley Kubrick's Viet Nam opus "Full Metal Jacket" (1987). Furst won an Oscar for creating the baroque, comic-book Gotham City and stylish Batmobile of "Batman" (1989), and in 1991 designed New York's celebrity-owned, movie-themed restaurant, Planet Hollywood. The film community was shocked by Furst's untimely death, apparently the result of a suicidal leap which abruptly ended a brilliant career.
Gained initial attention for his work on "The Company of Wolves" (1985), Neil Jordan's revisionist version of "Little Red Riding Hood", before designing Stanley Kubrick's Viet Nam opus "Full Metal Jacket" (1987). Furst won an Oscar for creating the baroque, comic-book Gotham City and stylish Batmobile of "Batman" (1989), and in 1991 designed New York's celebrity-owned, movie-themed restaurant, Planet Hollywood. The film community was shocked by Furst's untimely death, apparently the result of a suicidal leap which abruptly ended a brilliant career.
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To the question: "How was the realism of "Awakenings" a different challenge from the freedom of "Batman"? Anton Furst's reply was: "I always think the same rules apply in the end, which is that you're servicing an atmosphere, a tone and a feel to a story, whatever the story is...In the end, you're dealing with the same criteria, you're only telling a very different story. So it's whatever is appropriate...But when you're making movies I always think the greatest mistake is to ever believe you're dealing with reality. So with "Awakenings" or any other film I've every done, even "Full Metal Jacket," we're not dealing with reality with film; we're dealing with the film's own reality." (Hollywood Reporter, January 28, 1991)
According to the Hollywood Reporter obituary, Furst had been undergoing treatment for alcohol and drug abuse at a Los Angeles rehabilition center.
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