It has been a difficult week. I thought it might cheer me up some to catalog more gun books for the library. As the saying goes, “I’ve suffered for my art. Now it’s your turn.”
This time, though, I have one that’s only sort of tangentially a gun book, and one that’s not a gun book at all. I’ll get into the reason for that one later.
Damn.
Gene Hackman. THR 1. THR 2. Tributes. NYT 1. NYT 2. IMDB.
I was a big fan of his when I was younger, even though I wasn’t allowed to watch any of his movies (except when they showed up on television). I still am. He was one of the greats. And I have no idea what his politics were.
Some of the less often cited movies in his body of work that I’d recommend: “The Conversation”, “Prime Cut”, and “The Royal Tenenbaums” (though I think that’s a bit twee). And of course, “Young Frankenstein”.
He also did an episode of “The F.B.I.”, and where is my boxed blu-ray set of that?
Michelle Trachtenberg. THR. Tributes. IMDB.
Never was a “Buffy” fan, but 39 is way too young for anyone to die.