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Re: Gene Hackman has died

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Post by computershit »

MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #3

Drop your favourite Hackman movies! Heres mine: --= The Conversation (1979) =-- "Schizo surveillance guy gets a contract that starts to derail things" is the basic premise, but there is more going on - "it has layers". Francis Ford Coppola filmed this in between Godfather I & II. I believe it is less famous only because the target audience is smaller, not due to its quality. The editing is perfect, the pacing just ri…

Hoosiers, for sure. "My team is on the floor" was such a flex as a coach, it is still difficult for me to separate the man he played in that movie and the actor, to me they're one and the same.

Re: Gene Hackman has died

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Post by AlexandrB »

MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #3

Drop your favourite Hackman movies! Heres mine: --= The Conversation (1979) =-- "Schizo surveillance guy gets a contract that starts to derail things" is the basic premise, but there is more going on - "it has layers". Francis Ford Coppola filmed this in between Godfather I & II. I believe it is less famous only because the target audience is smaller, not due to its quality. The editing is perfect, the pacing just ri…

The Royal Tenenbaums

"Asshole dad reconciles with his estranged children."

Probably my favourite Wes Anderson film with an extremely talented cast. Gene Hackman does a great job of playing a well-meaning buy very flawed father figure.

Re: Gene Hackman has died

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Post by toomuchtodo »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Hackman

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/

Related:

Gene Hackman has died - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43194778

Sheriff: Gene Hackman, wife found dead in Santa Fe home; no foul play suspected - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43194324

Gene Hackman and his wife found dead at their home - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43192605

Re: Gene Hackman has died

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Post by thisismytest »

MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #3

Drop your favourite Hackman movies! Heres mine: --= The Conversation (1979) =-- "Schizo surveillance guy gets a contract that starts to derail things" is the basic premise, but there is more going on - "it has layers". Francis Ford Coppola filmed this in between Godfather I & II. I believe it is less famous only because the target audience is smaller, not due to its quality. The editing is perfect, the pacing just ri…

Enemy of the State

Re: Gene Hackman has died

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Post by Lio »

AlexandrB wrote: post #22
MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #3

Drop your favourite Hackman movies! Heres mine: --= The Conversation (1979) =-- "Schizo surveillance guy gets a contract that starts to derail things" is the basic premise, but there is more going on - "it has layers". Francis Ford Coppola filmed this in between Godfather I & II. I believe it is less famous only because the target audience is smaller, not due to its quality. The editing is perfect, the pacing just ri…

The Royal Tenenbaums "Asshole dad reconciles with his estranged children." Probably my favourite Wes Anderson film with an extremely talented cast. Gene Hackman does a great job of playing a well-meaning buy very flawed father figure.

"Oh no, that's just dog's blood"

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Post by Am4TIfIsER0ppos »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #2

Rest in peace. Three deaths (counting the dog) and no foul play. Carbon monoxide?

CO poisoning during cold still weather is not uncommon in old/poor houses heated by gas or oil here in western Europe. What is the weather like in, I assume California, now?

Re: Gene Hackman has died

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Post by ryandrake »

taude wrote: post #7
MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #3

Drop your favourite Hackman movies! Heres mine: --= The Conversation (1979) =-- "Schizo surveillance guy gets a contract that starts to derail things" is the basic premise, but there is more going on - "it has layers". Francis Ford Coppola filmed this in between Godfather I & II. I believe it is less famous only because the target audience is smaller, not due to its quality. The editing is perfect, the pacing just ri…

I won't say favorite, but who can forget his Lex Luthor in the original Superman! Won't a favorite, but I recently watched Enemy of the State again, and was surprised by how much it held up over time, 27 or 28 years laster.

Enemy of the State was a documentary. Prove me wrong!

Re: Gene Hackman has died

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Post by echelon_musk »

MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #3

Drop your favourite Hackman movies! Heres mine: --= The Conversation (1979) =-- "Schizo surveillance guy gets a contract that starts to derail things" is the basic premise, but there is more going on - "it has layers". Francis Ford Coppola filmed this in between Godfather I & II. I believe it is less famous only because the target audience is smaller, not due to its quality. The editing is perfect, the pacing just ri…

The Conversation at 50: Why the paranoid thriller is more relevant than ever

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43194188

Re: Gene Hackman has died

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Post by MrBuddyCasino »

locallost wrote: post #16
MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #3

Drop your favourite Hackman movies! Heres mine: --= The Conversation (1979) =-- "Schizo surveillance guy gets a contract that starts to derail things" is the basic premise, but there is more going on - "it has layers". Francis Ford Coppola filmed this in between Godfather I & II. I believe it is less famous only because the target audience is smaller, not due to its quality. The editing is perfect, the pacing just ri…

French Connection, talk about nailing the role of a cop obsessed with getting his suspect. Even the sequel is not bad. Mississippi Burning, Hoosiers... Didn't watch that one, seems interesting so I will check it out, thanks.

The only contender for top spot, besides The Conversation.

Re: Gene Hackman has died

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Post by bitwize »

taude wrote: post #7
MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #3

Drop your favourite Hackman movies! Heres mine: --= The Conversation (1979) =-- "Schizo surveillance guy gets a contract that starts to derail things" is the basic premise, but there is more going on - "it has layers". Francis Ford Coppola filmed this in between Godfather I & II. I believe it is less famous only because the target audience is smaller, not due to its quality. The editing is perfect, the pacing just ri…

I won't say favorite, but who can forget his Lex Luthor in the original Superman! Won't a favorite, but I recently watched Enemy of the State again, and was surprised by how much it held up over time, 27 or 28 years laster.

There are a number of military surveillance technologies like GORGON STARE that got their start when some military brass saw Enemy of the State and said "I want that capability. Can we have that?"
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