Philip Seymour Hoffman didn’t write this scene in the movie Almost Famous but this blog may never have been without him saying the words he spoke just to me:
If only Philip Seymour Hoffman, as brilliant of an actor and man as he was, had heeded the advice of Frances McDormand’s character in the same movie:
Good night forever, sad man who played Lester Bangs. Don’t let those swill merchants rewrite you.
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For real, this makes my heart hurt. I'm so sick of watching the bright stars burn out.
ReplyDeleteMomo! Almost as sad as you not being at Dad 2.0 this year.
Deleteterribly tragic. incredibly sad.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely.
DeleteI never realized the reference, and I don't know why. I should have.
ReplyDeleteYou have lost all pop culture cred with me.
DeleteI loved so many of his roles, and even the characters he played whom I hated made me respect him as an actor for playing them. Horrible news.
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