Outstanding professionalism
My last memory of Mr. Lussier is quite recent and dates from the last Cannes Film Festival.
It was not yet clear if the latest Scorsese would be presented at the Festival and even less sure if it would be in competition. I decided to write to him to ask him, telling him that I imagined him overwhelmed at the Festival and that I imagined that he would probably not have time to answer his messages during this week on the road and that I wished him a good festival. As you can imagine, the response was quick. In a most polite formula, he even added a piece of information or two. It struck me how professional he had been with a stranger.
Jean-Pierre Beauchesne
My favorite critic
It is with great sadness that I learned the news. It’s as if I lost a friend. Marc-André was, for as long as I can remember, my favorite critic. I never went to see a movie before checking to see if he liked it. Sometimes I just looked at the stars or now the ratings he gave the movie before going there and I kept the pleasure of reading his review after seeing it. I often laughed noticing that we had enjoyed the same moments and hooked on the same others. I had the pleasure of being able to tell her how much I appreciated her once on a plane. I sat next to him and thanked him and told him how important his opinion was to me. He was a little uncomfortable and said to me: “phew, it’s a heavy responsibility that you grant me”.
Carine Nahman
Absolute trust
I am truly saddened by his passing. I trusted him completely in his appreciation of films. It is rare these days to place our trust 100%. He was a great specialist who made us want to go to the cinema! Intelligent, subtle, and sometimes funny in interviews, he will be missed!
Martine Gaudet
A big void
He leaves a great void; like a movie that stops before the last scene. No more sound or picture. Its coverage of Cannes was a delight with its anecdotes, its descriptions. He will be greatly missed.
Justine Martineau
love of art
I am deeply saddened by his departure much too soon! I always read his reviews first. They were detailed and simple at the same time, such a pleasant read! I knew Marc-André when I was a teenager, we come from the same hometown. We danced together in Montreal North. He was not a great dancer, but I understand today that art already spoke to him. He was very shy at the time, my memory of him is just his smile. I will miss his articles. Thank you for sharing his passion!
Renee Bonneville
The movie lover and friend
The reference for cinephiles who read it with devotion. Always accurate in the details, benevolent for the creators and so enthusiastic when he discovered the hidden pearls. A big miss now every Friday that cannot be replaced because it is so unique.
Michou Neron
A critic’s legend
He is a legend of film criticism. As a cinephile, I lose a reference. A sad day for Quebec cinema.
Mahjoub El Hamakani
He often influenced my choices
I like going to see movies in theaters. I see at least 30 a year. Every Friday, I consulted your newspaper to find reviews written by Marc-André Lussier. I was curious to know his opinion on the latest films. I will miss not reading his texts in your pages anymore.
Sylvie Theoret
An obvious passion
I didn’t know him personally, but his columns have always fascinated me. His family, his friends, The Press and its readers have lost a learned man who had the passion to discover and to pass on his discoveries.
A. Trepanier
At the origin of a passion
Marc-André forged the inveterate cinephile that I have become. I’m only 40 years old but I avidly read every text and every review of Marc-André, and this, since I was 18 years old. I really feel like I’ve lost a friend. We didn’t know each other, but he nevertheless, in the shadows, turned my life upside down and gave birth to an unwavering passion for the seventh art in me.
Vincent Durand-Labelle