Richard Attenborough: A Life in Pictures

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Dermot Preston SJ's introduction to Richard Attenborough, whose cinematic career he then followed with interest and admiration, was unforgettable. Writing in Thinking Faith, the Provincial of the Jesuits in Britain pays tribute to the late Lord Attenborough's creativity and 'idealistic pragmatism' in this brief overview of his work in front of and behind the camera. 'True artists have a vocation to create and communicate, and Attenborough was no different.'

You know... this is the first film where a person says the word 'arse'..."

Looking back, it was a strange way to be introduced to the career of Richard Attenborough, who died on Sunday 24 August, but it was a memorable start. I was about eight years of age and the sentence was spoken by our elderly housekeeper, Annie Satterthwaite....

Continue reading Fr Preston's tribute on Thinking Faith here: www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/richard-attenborough-life-pictures?utm_source=Thinking+Faith&utm_campaign=9b4528fa38-TF_201408288_27_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_620a4d7197-9b4528fa38-68834617&mc_cid=9b4528fa38&mc_eid=2de5f0eba5