Monday, November 13, 2006

The Life and Deaths of Jack Palance and Bruno Kirby

I didn't realize this, but while reading an obituary for href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/12/news/obits.php">Jack
Palance, who died over the weekend, I learned the href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Kirby">Bruno Kirby had
died also, back in August.

I'm a fan of Bruno Kirby. He played very memorable roles in many of my favorite movies, including "The Freshman", "Lost In Yonkers",
"Sleepers", "Donnie Brasco", "The Basketball Diaries", "Good Morning,
Vietnam", "The Godfather: Part II", and "When Harry Met Sally". I
recommend that you see all of these movies, if you haven't seen them
already, and I recommend seeing any of them that you like, a second
time, to remember Bruno. I think I'm going to watch about half of them
this weekend, as I own VHS copies of half of the movies on that list.

Enjoy the legacy that is Bruno Kirby. He deserves no less respect
than, say, John Turturo or Steve Buscemi, as an excellent supporting
actor. What does he do? He supports the believability of the story
line, the setting, and the characters. He exemplifies and furthers the
themes of the storyline. He did his job well, and he did it with a
style that I will always remember and respect.

- docrivs (website href="http://www.myspace.com/docrivs">myspace href="http://docrivs.blogspot.com">blog href="mailto:blog@docrivs.com">email)

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