[5] To promote these screenings, Luddy hired David Lance Goines to design and print a series of posters unique to each film.
[5] He partially funded Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters on his personal credit card.
[5] In 1974, Luddy and a group of friends founded the Telluride Film Festival, envisioning it to be an event without the extensive media presence of other festivals, and screening a variety of new and old titles.
He died from complications of Parkinson's disease at his home in Berkeley on February 13, 2023, at the age of 79.
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