R.I.P.: Peter Bogdanovich + Sidney Poitier

[erik]

Well, we're not even through the first full week of 2022, and already Hollywood has lost two titans of the industry in less than 24 hours.

Peter Bogdanovich, the director of THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, WHAT'S UP DOC, and PAPER MOON, passes away at 82:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-bogdanovich-dead-last-picture-show-1235070769/

And then...well, damned if we didn't lose an acting giant. Sidney Poitier, the first African-American to win an Oscar for acting (in 1963's LILIES OF THE FIELD, which was shot on Linda's family's ranch), passed away this morning at the age of 94:
www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sidney-poitier-dies/2022/01/07/01ba4ea0-c189-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html

Two more reminders (as though we should have needed any) of our own mortality, I guess.

[eddiejinnj]

RIP Sidney!! I always loved his cool calm talking manner. I also liked his name. Sounds classy like him but I could think the name classy BECAUSE he was classy. Lilies was made the year I was born. eddiejinnj

[rick]

Peter Bogdanovich directed one of my favorite films, "What's Up, Doc?" I saw it upon its release in 1972 and have gone to see it in revival movie houses over the decades and I still delight in it.

Sidney Poitier had a lot of class. A underrated film of his is "Sneakers." He brought a lot to that film, IMHO.

[erik]

Quote by rick re. Sidney Poitier:

Sidney Poitier had a lot of class. A underrated film of his is "Sneakers." He brought a lot to that film, IMHO.

Yes, that was a really good film, a kind of electronic spy thriller; he, Robert Redford, and the rest of that film's cast gave their A-game.

[rick]

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