American Icon

35 Replies to “American Icon”

1. Liked some of his non-political movies, but that’s about it. RIP.

   1. He’s a lot like Bruce Springsteen. Great at what he does, but not very good critical thinking skills. Regardless, I enjoyed his acting and will miss him.

2. Jeremiah Johnson is a favourite Western/frontier movie of mine. Think it stands the test of time.

   1. The real Jeremiah Johnson was nothing like the character portrayed in that movie.

      1. https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/the-the-real-jeremiah-johnson

   2. You and me buddy.

      “You won’t save anything hiding in a corncrib,”

      A frontier lesson we conservatives all need to learn.

3. I think Mad magazine claimed that a movie he was in with Barbara Streisand, The Way We Were, should have been called Beauty and the Beast and guess which one they thought was the beauty?
   He did have a number of memorable movies. RIP. He may not have been as far left as his cousin Allison.

   1. Back when Streisand thought she had the chops to be Hollywood’s voluptuous leading lady. Oh good lord, no! Hence why she produced movies like “A Star is Born” and Prince of Tides with Nick Nolte and literally begged Redford to co star in The Way We Were.
      The movie poster of her and Kris Krisofferson in an embrace from A Star is Born is just straight up cringe.

      As for Redford, great flicks, Three Days of the Condor comes to mind, but on a personal level a grade A Eco-Hypocrite. McMansions on my land for me…if you live in California, not for thee. Can’t have everything I guess.
      RIP .

      1. Wasn’t Streisand the original “transgender” actress in her portrayal as a small Jewish boy, in Yentyl?

         Should anyone be surprised?

         1. It was a movie role, not an endorsement.

            1. It’s an entirely political and cultural message. Of female empowerment by taking on the persona of a male. As the proliferation of wholly political and cultural, Gay ‘coming of age’ films which all seem to win multiple awards.

               Your denial doesn’t make it so.

            2. Brad Pitt was a psychopathic killer in Kalifornia. Does that mean he endorses psychopathic killers.

               How about Henry Fonda as a cold-blooded child murdered in Once Upon a Time in the West.

               And many, many more. Maybe you should learn a thing or two before you spout nonsense Mr. logical thinker.

            3. So … your argument is that Hollywood hasn’t INTENTIONALLY made films to change the culture? To desensitize violence, per your examples. And if you actually believe the actors portraying those “messages” in film are unaware of what they’re doing … you’re even more self-deluded than is evidenced by your beliefs.

            4. How about these cultural messengers:

               Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire

               Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie

               Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria

               It’s called acting, but you see hidden messages while I’m aware that actors choose many different roles for their own personal reasons.

               And I haven’t argued anything, but you’re too dense to grok that, as well as many other things.
               .

            5. You’re providing more titles that prove my point. Keep em coming. I’m just curious … how “trans” are you … as you’ve got all the “trans-celebratory” films on the tip of your tongue (ewww).

               But you left out:

               Girls Don’t Cry
               and
               Some Like it Hot

            6. Many TV commercials are entertaining too. They even give each other Cleo awards and celebrate their creativity. But if you don’t watch TV commercials with the awareness that the intent is to shape your mind and your belief about not only the product, but yourself … your ‘identification’ of being hip, cool, saavy, etc … then you are a sheep to slaughter.

               Look at the DEI trend in advertising to suddenly push black people forward, to mock white male fathers, and to feature gay and lesbians kissing (yawn) and even trans or at least “Pat” characters in their ads. If you believe this is all just innocent entertainment… I feel sorry for you.

               But the vast majority of the movie viewing public are beginning to successfully boycott the DEI sewer pipe. We prefer films with wholesome messages and characters. With positive morality.

            7. I have a great memory for films and that somehow makes me trans.

               Only in your fevered imagination turdbrain.

            8. Let me add that you must be trans because you referenced three trans films, as I did.

               Karenji’s mask is slipping.

         2. You are correct sir!

4. He’s left us a tremendous filmography, and some of the greatest cinematic moments of the las 60 years. One of the things I noticed, when he moved into directing, is that there was a true craftsmanship in how his movies were photographed. If you watch “An Unfinished Life” or “The Horse Whisperer”, which are only just better than middling movies, pay attention to the cinematography. You’ll see that they’re filmed exceedingly well, which serves to elevate the film.

   1. I am a huge fan of The Horse Whisperer … absolutely beautiful.

5. May he be remembered for the good things he did, and not the propaganda he was involved in, especially for his advocacy against the Keystone Pipeline.

   1. Despite my recent suggestion that Charlie Kirk’s assassin might have been harbored at Redford’s nearby Sundance Ranch … as it is a lefty hangout … you are correct. I shan’t be like a leftist ghoul … and will instead focus Redford’s many wonderful films.

      As an aside … I have looked at Durango, CO as a retirement home specifically because many of the iconic scenes of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid were filmed there. Yeah … but … I can’t trade leftist CA for leftist CO. And yeah … perhaps I shouldn’t choose locations based on movie scenes ?

6. 1st thing l ever did see him an episode of Untouchables. the tv show with Robert Stack.

   1. A skilled actor. Liberal in the non-fascist sense.

7. Tommy Chong once referred to him as ordinary Bob for his ability to take any character and present them as just like any ordinary person you would meet.
   Nothing outside of the ordinary, just a realistic reflection of reality

8. I liked him in Downhill Racer. I certainly didn’t like his politics, but he was a significant contributor to the film industry.

   1. Another great Redford film.

9. Cinema is dead.

   1. The passing of an era.

10. I will only remember him for his environmentalism.

11. A skilled actor. Liberal in the non-fascist sense.

12. My tangential brush with greatness. Two of my best HS friends appeared on film in a scene from Redford’s 1972 film The Candidate.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068334/locations/

    The movie was filmed throughout the SF Bay Area … they heard of a casting call for ‘extras’ in the film … and ended up on camera in the film. Pretty cool at the time for HS kids!

13. Robert Reford yelled at me once for being a klutz on a ski run at Sundance.

    I told him I was extremely hungover but he didn’t give a shit and told me to go to the beginners run.

    And, yes, he was great actor and director.

14. He is irrelevant like all other actors.