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Gene Hackman has died

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Re: Gene Hackman has died

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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…

Young Frankenstein 1974

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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?

Seems odd it is still fairly common, don't most people have detectors at this point?

Yes but people forget to check them. A new threat could be cheapo detectors from Amazon. I bought a house recently and the fire marshall had them replace all their Amazon crap detectors with the real deal.

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Him, his wife and his dog found dead in the house ? Carbon Monoxide, possibly? Shame. I had no idea the guy was that old.

That was my first thought too, but only 1 of their 3 dogs was found dead

Re: Gene Hackman has died

#64

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…

Night Moves is essential neo-noir

He’s so good in it, and its treatment of masculinity was interesting.

Best read after seeing it: https://filmschoolrejects.com/night-moves-neo-noir/

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Him, his wife and his dog found dead in the house ? Carbon Monoxide, possibly? Shame. I had no idea the guy was that old.

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Ok, at 95 that would maybe be understandable, but his wife was considerably younger (63). And what about the dog?

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#67
** IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE **

Apologies for impolite formating.

https://www.target.com/p/first-alert-2pk-co400cn2-battery-po...

This is a 2 pack. There are better ones, too. If you don't have one already, don't wait another day. Hundreds of people die preventable deaths each year in the US because of this.

Re: Gene Hackman has died

#68

R.I.P. Just watched Mississippi Burning the other day again, what a terrific actor. One of the all time greats, so many memorable roles. I even thought man he's really old now, but this seems to be a tragedy. What a shame.

I always remember him in this role. Such a great film.

Re: Gene Hackman has died

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Seems odd it is still fairly common, don't most people have detectors at this point?

No.

Re: Gene Hackman has died

#70

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…

Boy, “it has layers” is an understatement. Go watch this movie, it’s fantastic.
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