Jul 26, 2018
A Final Salute to PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN:1967-2014
What the hell?
Who would’ve thought that Philip Seymour Hoffman would be in the line up of ‘those we’ve lost’ at the Oscars next month?
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A Final Salute to PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN:1967-2014
What the hell?
Who would’ve thought that Philip Seymour Hoffman would be in the line up of ‘those we’ve lost’ at the Oscars next month?
(more…)
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He did not care if we liked any of these sad specimens. The point was to make us believe them and to recognize in them -in him- a truth about ourselves that we might otherwise have preferred to avoid. He had a rare ability to illuminate the varieties of human ugliness. No one ever did it so beautifully.
A.O. Scott, New York Times, on Philip Seymour Hoffman
Peace.
"For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, 'That's beautiful and I want that.' Wanting it is easy, but trying to be great- well, that's absolutely torturous."
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Great is an understatement for this man's talent. I've never seen a film that wasn't better simply because of his presence. I've never seen him give a performance that was anything short of extraordinary. As someone who has admired Hoffman's work since I've been old enough to take films seriously, I'm genuinely sad today. He's given us some of the best performances we may ever see. It's hard to think of what he still might have done.