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Sydney Pollack, RIP
Posted May 26th 2008 9:34PM by Ada Calhoun
Filed under: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film
Director Sydney Pollack died today at the age of 73 of cancer. He directed The Way We Were, Out of Africa and the brilliant Tootsie, a scene of which is posted above. In it, he plays the agent of Dustin Hoffman's character and delivers a line that should be a mantra for actors over-thinking silly roles:: "A tomato doesn't have logic!" He will be missed.
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1. Ada, The man directed and produced many hits, but he never approached the greatness of Howard Hawks or John Huston.
JefFlyingV at 10:13PM on May 26th 2008
2. My God, do you have to suck the life out of EVERYTHING?
Robert at 10:53PM on May 26th 2008
3. "My God, do you have to suck the life out of EVERYTHING?
Robert at 10:53PM on May 26th 2008"
Indeed, Robert, indeed.
brandon at 11:09PM on May 26th 2008
4. He was a great director and actor, and he knew both jobs well. In his own way he was a genius and a great man. He will be missed.
Shay at 8:57AM on May 27th 2008
5. JetFlyingV,
It isn't a contest, fool.
Simply pointing out correctly what a great director Pollack was does not mean you have to then dredge up who, in your subjective opinion, was better.
Let the statement stand on its own merit.
Jeez.
Dawn at 10:56AM on May 27th 2008
6. Dawn, I would further state Pollack had great screenplays that were lessened by his actors, movies that were at times bland and near great, very rarely great. Now Pollack would be great compared to todays directors.
JefFlyingV at 2:25PM on May 27th 2008
7. Jef- everyone is better at their job after they die. I suspect Ashton Kutcher will be revered as a "great actor" after he dies. Hopefully I'm not around to witness that.
Strados at 8:16AM on May 28th 2008