Showing posts with label Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Show all posts

Sunday, February 02, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Life imitates art?

Philip Seymour Hoffman -- a great actor, an artist gifted with astonishing range -- was found dead today in New York, reportedly due to a drug overdose. And I must admit: My first thought was this scene from Sidney Lumet's final feature, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. A movie I know I'll never be able to view again without thinking about a brilliant light extinguished all too soon.

By the way, I would prefer to always remember Hoffman for this scene:


And, yes, of course, since it echoed the advice I once received from a long-departed friend and mentor, this one: