Before Brad, there was Bob



Robert Redford, at his finest, did many, many intriguing films, almost all of them with sad endings. The Way We Were, Great Gatsby, This Property Is Condemned are all love stories you wish had different conclusions, but wouldn't have wanted any other way.

This photograph, if you're old enough to remember, is from All The President's Men, a movie which depicts what I still hold as the standard for journalistic integrity. Whenever I see Bob Woodward on Larry King, I still see Robert Redford, with his softly tousled blond hair, perched on a desk.

mokciknab muttered at 8:12 pm ~ ~