THEn feil between dark charm and sharp roles, Michael Madsen He was one of the best known actors of American independent cinema. He died at the age of 67 in his home in Malibustruck down – according to what was declared by the manager Ron Smith – from a cardiac arrest. The disappearance was noticed was the head NBC News. The actor, known for the unforgettable ear scene in The hyenasleaves an unbridgeable void among the fans of Quentin Tarantino’s cinema And not only. His career, more than forty years long, has been a parable of intense roles, deep voices and memorable characters.
Michael Madsen, cult face of Tarantino cinema
To make it immortal was one sequence entered the collective imagination: the one in which, In the role of the psychopath Mr. Blonde, he danced on the notes of Stuck in the middle with you while he tortured a policeman. It was 1992 and The hyenas (original title Reservoir Dogs) debut at the Cannes Film Festival, marking the birth of Tarantinian cinema. Madsen would become one of his-fetish actors, with roles in Kill Bill, The Hateful Eight And Once upon a time to … Hollywood.
An anti -hero with an unmistakable style
Hard face, scratched voice, restless look: Madsen was all an anti -hero he had to be. It is not surprising that Tarantino had discovered him in Kill me twicewhere he already played a disturbed character. In addition to the partnership with the director, the actor starred in The Doors, Thelma & Louise, Donnie Brasco, War Games. Often in the shoes of the villain, but never banalhe managed to give depth to the darkest roles.
Michael Madsen: private life and literary projects
Born in Chicago on September 25, 1957, Madsen was the son of a director and a fireman. In his personal life there was no lack of excesses and contradictions: three wives, five children, a sister actress (Virginia Madsen), e an accusation of violence linked to the child. Recently he was dedicating themselves to more intimate projects, including the book Tears for My Father: Outlaw Thoughts and Poems. Also, he had found new lymph in independent cinema with films like Resurrection Road, Detention And Cookbook for Southern Housewives.
A farewell that knows the end of an era
With his death a chapter of the American cinema marked by pulp atmospheres, sharp dialogues and aesthetic violence. Quentin Tarantino has for some time announced that will shoot a last film before retiring. And who knows if, in some way, a thought will go to the marked and melancholic face of Michael Madsen, the actor who most of all embodied the dark and seductive side of his stories.
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