“I am saddened to note the recent passing of Dan Talbot, one of the greats in the world of art film exhibition. Dan and I had a mutual admiration society. We followed his programming as an exhibitor, and his acquisitions as a distributor, grateful that he was providing a platform for so many worthy films to be released in the U.S. He followed our efforts from his perch in New York, marveling that we were able to find audiences for subtitled films in La La Land. We worked together for many years, exhibiting the films he released via his wonderful New Yorker Films label. A true New Yorker, Dan saw no reason to travel to Los Angeles and for whatever reason I stayed away from New York. We met only a few times on trips to the Cannes Film Festival, but our real common ground was in the world on the screen. Our thoughts go out to Dan’s widow and his children. We will honor his memory in the best way we can, by continuing to provide a home for auteur-driven subtitled films.” – Robert Laemmle
Indiewire has a fine obituary here headlined “Dan Talbot, In Memoriam: Exploring His Incalculable Legacy.” It begins: “It’s impossible to overstate the huge impact the New Yorker and Lincoln Plaza founder had on cinema and cinephiles over sixty years. He was one of a kind.” The New York Times obituary quoted film critic Manohla Dargis, who called Talbot’s theaters places where “generations of moviegoers have had their minds and worlds expanded, and even blown.”
Sounds like an amazing man. Rest In Peace.