He had directed the 1990 version of Captain America and many other successful fantasy and action films: goodbye to director Albert Pyun
In the past few hours, the news of the death of a great director has spread. Albert Pyun, famous for directing Captain America and other well-known fantasy and action films, passed away at the age of 69, after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis. The announcement of his wife Cynthia Curnan was very moving: “I was close to him until his last breath, with which it seemed he was freeing himself from the weight of the world“.
Although he never directed so-called “A-list” films, he was in fact known as a director of low-budget films, Albert Pyun’s name will remain engraved forever in the history of cinema.
Born in Hawaii in May 1953, he approached the world of the seventh art doing, as a very young man, an apprenticeship with the actor Toshiro Mifune. After directing several short films, he worked on his first feature film in the early 1980s.
In 1982, in fact, it was released in theaters The three-bladed sword. Film which by the way was also the most successful at the box office, since it grossed the astonishing figure of 36 million dollars at the box office.
As mentioned, the genres to which he dedicated himself were mainly the Fantasy and theaction movies. In 1990, for example, he directed the not too successful version of Captain Americafrom the Marvel Comics.
The touching announcement of the death of Albert Pyun
In 2013, while filming The Interrogation of Cheryl Cooper, he surprisingly announced that he was suffering from multiple sclerosis. He just had 60 years old then.
By his side, until the end, there was always his beloved wife Cynthia Curnan, the same one that recently announced the death of the director. She did so by publishing this touching post on social networks:
Albert died on Saturday 26 November at 5.50pm. I was close to him until his last breath, with which it seemed he was freeing himself from the weight of the world.
In recent days, the woman had published another post, very moving, with which she wanted remember the good times spent together and imply that he was actually ready to go:
When he looks up he has an expression of wonder. This indicates that the end is approaching. Hospice is a wonderful thing. I’m learning to keep him calm and out of pain so he can get a gradual preview of what awaits him.
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