“It was the only movie that my parents allowed me to see when I was little”: for Hit Ledger, this feature film was the best of all time

Tragically disappeared in January 2008, at the age of 28, when he made the film by the film Terman Parnassus’s Imaginarium, Hit Ledger left a great void in the cinema.

Unfortunately, in his career, the Australian actor managed to do an incredible job in a short time. For ten years on the screen, his talent has forced him to work with famous directors such as Ang Lee, Todd Hees and of course Christopher Nolan for Dark Knight, which will have an Oscar with his extraordinary jokes.

Hit Ledger did not really grow up in a very follower family environment. In fact, it will explain that the passion for his cinema was not cultivated at home; Her parents allowed her to watch very few movies.

“I like his magic”

In an interview with Sun Times journalist Sindy Perman in Chicago for his book You have to see this: Hollywood’s best best detection and discussing their favorite movies” Ledger referred to an absolute classic As all the time his favorite movie. “I have to say Oz’s magicianI saw him ten times when I was little. It was the only film that my parents allowed to see when I was little. I like her magic. “

Adapted from a novel signed by L. From Frank Baum, Oz’s magician tells the story of a trip to Dorothy (Judy Garland) and his little dog Toto, whose house stormed to the strong kingdom of Oz, beyond the rainbow. The beginning and end of the film are black and white, but passages in this magical world are technically, which is one of the first artistic films of OZ in the history of the movie theater that democratizes the color of the big screen.

When entering the history pantheon of the movie theater, the film is full of famous order and cult replicas. The great despicable, unlucky Margaret Hamilton -encamped magician (who was almost killed on the team …) is still classified by AFI in 2024 In the fourth place of the greatest abuse in the history of American cinema. Below a certain dark Wader, and above it, the sadistic flight of the nurse on the cuckoo’s nest.