Farewell to a titan
Social networks were filled with cinematic nostalgia this Monday. Luciana Duvall, his wife, published the news that no one wanted to read: the actor Robert Duvall died at the age of 95.
“Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, dear friend and one of the greatest actors of our time,”
He wrote in his personal account. The good thing, if there is anything good here, is that it was a quiet game. Without further details on causes.
From Corleone to the Oscar
If you grew up watching classic cinema (or even if you’ve only seen those scenes in memes), you know his work. Tom Hagen in ‘The Godfather’. Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore in ‘Apocalypse Now’. That look that said it all.
His highest point came with ‘Thanks and Favors’ in ’83. The golden statuette was formal recognition of a career that was already legendary.
My timeline is full of clips. From that “I love the smell of napalm in the morning”. Of his eloquent silences with Brando and Pacino. It’s strange to feel so much for someone you’ve never met, but that’s how art works.
Cinema loses one of the last greats of an era. But how lucky to have so many films to remember it by.
