Remembering Robert Redford

When Robert Redford passed away at the age of 89 last week, it of course got covered.  But I was surprised by how perfunctory it was handled.  Sort of, “And in other news…”  It was almost a throwaway final story on Jen Psaki’s show, for instance.  But…but this was Robert Redford, for goodness sake.  Probably one of the most influential filmmakers in movie history.  Not just the major, high-quality films as an actor, but as a producer, as an Oscar-winning director, but also – the founder of the Sundance Film Festival.  And its offshoot, the Sundance Channel.  NBC, to their great credit, did air an hour special, which was very well done.  But everything else was pretty limited, considering the subject

So, it was a pleasure see Ethan Hawke last night when he guested on Jimmy Kimmel Live!  Almost right away, rather than talk about his new TV series, Lowdown, that he was there to promote, he said he wanted to talk about Robert Redford -- and how meaning he was not only to film, but to his life.  And that's all he talked about for his first segment, up to the commercial break.  All the better, the stories were "behind-the-scenes" material one wouldn't otherwise know, insightful, touching and often funny.

So, I felt it only proper to pass it along here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRSa9O0f0MU