Friday, January 7, 2022

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Madden

 

John Madden was the greatest teacher of football of the 20th century and probably of this one, too.

Madden’s genius was how he taught football. Those booms, that unbuttoned aura of regular guy-dom—all of that was an invitation. It made Madden’s classroom feel like a safe place, where you’d get a little smarter and the professor would never act like he was smarter than you.

Sidney Poitier. Another colossal loss. Actor, director, activist, diplomat.

 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627/

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Bogdanovich | https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/movies/peter-bogdanovich-dead.html | https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000953/

Eternally a Star, shining on the Other Side of the Wind, you live forever in film

The amount he contributed to film history and preservation is astounding, not to mention making one of the best coming of age (Last Picture Show) and road movies (Paper Moon) of all time.

https://theplotthickens.tcm.com/season-one/