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RIP Sydney Pollack

Started by Glock · 27 May 2008 · 5 posts survive · see it on the Wayback Machine

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Posted: 27 May 2008, 3:39pmSubject: RIP Sydney Pollack
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Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy Tootsie and the period drama Out of Africa, has died at 73.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=569792

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Pollack

He made some good films there. Tootsie is good for a laugh and The Yakuza was one of the first East meets West culture clash type of films. I really enjoyed it. Pollack also did small roles in heaps of films, he had a good role in Entourage recently. He had a good eye for producing too, The Talented Mr. Ripley was cool. I liked The Quiet American as well (though apparently it was not so true to the book), I've actually been to the town (Hoi An, Vietnam) they filmed some scenes in so I enjoyed recognising areas.

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Posted: 18 Jun 2008, 2:41pmSubject: Re: RIP Sydney Pollack
Nice thread there Glock.

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StrykeSuper Hyper-Mega
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Posted: 18 Jun 2008, 2:41pmSubject: Re: RIP Sydney Pollack

 Jesus-like thread resurrection!
Pseudo CoupPosts: 964
Posted: 18 Jun 2008, 7:14pmSubject: Re: RIP Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack probably merits more than complete silence though, he had some important moments in film history. His role in Michael Clayton recently was quite good.
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Posted: 19 Jun 2008, 3:21amSubject: Re: RIP Sydney Pollack
Quote from: Pseudo Coup on June 18, 2008, 07:14:46 PM
Sydney Pollack probably merits more than complete silence though, he had some important moments in film history.

Hell I thought so!

I gave up on this thread yonks ago!

Fucking love The Yakuza though, which was most of the reason I posted. I dig my Japan vs. West films for sure, Black Rain and Rising Sun are high up on my most watchable list!