sgcim Posted February 3, 2014 Report Posted February 3, 2014 Very sad to hear. PSH was a great stage actor as well as movie actor. RIP, Mr. Hoffman Quote
Mike Schwartz Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 Loved him in "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Boogie Nights" [probably my 2 faves with him] RIP Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 Wondering if any footage of him in Death of a Salesman will ever surface? Hadn't realized he was ever in a production of Salesman, and in retrospect, he would have been amazing to see in a live theatre setting. (Or if any significant live footage of him on-stage, for that matter.) Quote
Jazzmoose Posted February 5, 2014 Report Posted February 5, 2014 I do watch Hollywood movies but I never heard of this guy, but his death is being rammed down my throat by the BBC and one of the national papers slavishly reproduces a claim from his camp that he had been clean for 23 years. Right. Culture industry marketing 'storm' (i.e. blip).. Well, I've only seen him in three films - Capote, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and The Master - but he was pretty remarkable in all. Ironic that in the second he played a wealthy and apparently successful man who was secretly addicted to heroin. You've never seen The Big Lebowski? I thought that was required for board membership at one time... Quote
erwbol Posted February 5, 2014 Report Posted February 5, 2014 I do watch Hollywood movies but I never heard of this guy, but his death is being rammed down my throat by the BBC and one of the national papers slavishly reproduces a claim from his camp that he had been clean for 23 years. Right. Culture industry marketing 'storm' (i.e. blip).. Well, I've only seen him in three films - Capote, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and The Master - but he was pretty remarkable in all. Ironic that in the second he played a wealthy and apparently successful man who was secretly addicted to heroin. You've never seen The Big Lebowski? I thought that was required for board membership at one time... That will not stand, man! I've seen The Big Lebowski so many times at one time I could practically recite the dialogue for the whole movie from memory without interruption. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted February 5, 2014 Report Posted February 5, 2014 I've never seen Lebowski either, I'm afraid. Quote
kinuta Posted February 7, 2014 Report Posted February 7, 2014 I do watch Hollywood movies but I never heard of this guy, but his death is being rammed down my throat by the BBC and one of the national papers slavishly reproduces a claim from his camp that he had been clean for 23 years. Right. Culture industry marketing 'storm' (i.e. blip).. Well, I've only seen him in three films - Capote, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and The Master - but he was pretty remarkable in all. Ironic that in the second he played a wealthy and apparently successful man who was secretly addicted to heroin. You've never seen The Big Lebowski? I thought that was required for board membership at one time... That will not stand, man! I've seen The Big Lebowski so many times at one time I could practically recite the dialogue for the whole movie from memory without interruption. Indeed an iconic film, Bill. That's first on your viewing list ! Take it you haven't seen Magnolia or Boogie Nights either. Quote
BFrank Posted February 7, 2014 Report Posted February 7, 2014 A very sad piece in the NY Times today. Especially in light of the fact that neither he nor any of his friends or loved ones were able to do anything. It's not like there was any secret that he was in trouble. A Complicated Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, in His Last Days Quote
Jerry_L Posted February 7, 2014 Report Posted February 7, 2014 He didn't really want to reach senescence anyway. It got very tedious in Synecdoche. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 http://m.nydailynews.com/blogs/showandtell/2014/02/jazz-saxophonist-robert-vineberg-arrested-for-heroin-dealing-in-philip-seymour-0#bmb=1 this is happening. i am absolutely blown away by this, completely blown away Quote
BillF Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) I do watch Hollywood movies but I never heard of this guy, but his death is being rammed down my throat by the BBC and one of the national papers slavishly reproduces a claim from his camp that he had been clean for 23 years. Right. Culture industry marketing 'storm' (i.e. blip).. Well, I've only seen him in three films - Capote, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and The Master - but he was pretty remarkable in all. Ironic that in the second he played a wealthy and apparently successful man who was secretly addicted to heroin. You've never seen The Big Lebowski? I thought that was required for board membership at one time... That will not stand, man! I've seen The Big Lebowski so many times at one time I could practically recite the dialogue for the whole movie from memory without interruption. Indeed an iconic film, Bill. That's first on your viewing list ! Take it you haven't seen Magnolia or Boogie Nights either. No, I haven't. Of course, I've seen Lebowski. Just forgot about Hoffman in it. Edited February 8, 2014 by BillF Quote
erwbol Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 I do watch Hollywood movies but I never heard of this guy, but his death is being rammed down my throat by the BBC and one of the national papers slavishly reproduces a claim from his camp that he had been clean for 23 years. Right. Culture industry marketing 'storm' (i.e. blip).. Well, I've only seen him in three films - Capote, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and The Master - but he was pretty remarkable in all. Ironic that in the second he played a wealthy and apparently successful man who was secretly addicted to heroin. You've never seen The Big Lebowski? I thought that was required for board membership at one time... That will not stand, man! I've seen The Big Lebowski so many times at one time I could practically recite the dialogue for the whole movie from memory without interruption. Indeed an iconic film, Bill. That's first on your viewing list ! Take it you haven't seen Magnolia or Boogie Nights either. No, I haven't. Of course, I've seen Lebowski. Just forget about Hoffman in it. That's marvelous. Quote
BillF Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) I do watch Hollywood movies but I never heard of this guy, but his death is being rammed down my throat by the BBC and one of the national papers slavishly reproduces a claim from his camp that he had been clean for 23 years. Right. Culture industry marketing 'storm' (i.e. blip).. Well, I've only seen him in three films - Capote, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and The Master - but he was pretty remarkable in all. Ironic that in the second he played a wealthy and apparently successful man who was secretly addicted to heroin. You've never seen The Big Lebowski? I thought that was required for board membership at one time... That will not stand, man! I've seen The Big Lebowski so many times at one time I could practically recite the dialogue for the whole movie from memory without interruption. Indeed an iconic film, Bill. That's first on your viewing list ! Take it you haven't seen Magnolia or Boogie Nights either. No, I haven't. Of course, I've seen Lebowski. Just forget about Hoffman in it. That's marvelous. Please note spelling correction in #36 above. Edited February 8, 2014 by BillF Quote
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