Robert Redford (August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025)
A man unfairly handsome for the better part of a century, has passed away.
Let's be honest, he was the Platonic ideal of a Movie Star. The kind of effortless cool that can't be faked. He basically owned the late 60s/70s with a combination of charm and blue eyes that probably should have been regulated.
But his weirdest, and greatest, act was off-screen: becoming the ultimate Hollywood insider and then spending decades building a powerful escape hatch in the mountains of Utah. The Sundance Institute is his true legacy – a beautiful, stubborn middle finger to the very system that made him.
A titan, a genuine icon, and the reason a generation learned that squinting can be a superpower. Pour one out.
What's the definitive Redford role for you? Let the debate begin!
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Robert Redford (August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025)
A man unfairly handsome for the better part of a century, has passed away.
Let's be honest, he was the Platonic ideal of a Movie Star. The kind of effortless cool that can't be faked. He basically owned the late 60s/70s with a combination of charm and blue eyes that probably should have been regulated.
But his weirdest, and greatest, act was off-screen: becoming the ultimate Hollywood insider and then spending decades building a powerful escape hatch in the mountains of Utah. The Sundance Institute is his true legacy – a beautiful, stubborn middle finger to the very system that made him.
A titan, a genuine icon, and the reason a generation learned that squinting can be a superpower. Pour one out.
What's the definitive Redford role for you? Let the debate begin!
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