Remembering Gene Hackman Especially His Awesome “Body Of Work”

The above is so difficult to do as the depth of Gene Hackman’s incredible work is truly certainly among the greatest of relatively recent times.

Certainly one must cite Mr. Hackman’s death, still a mystery at age 95 was announced days back and to avoid procrastination and honor Mr. Hackman and not “mainline” the end, let’s get started with “The Euer’s” (He was born Eugene Allen Hackman), as “Buck Barrow,” in the 1967 “ahead of its time,” “Bonnie and Clyde.”

I recall fondly being enthralled in formative years by Gene, with another great, Al Pacino in “Scarecrow.” I believe that was Gene’s favorite.

You really want to see a performance and overall great film, try “The Conversation.”

Even I dug the really popular ones, such as “Hoosiers” and “Superman,” however, as usual, less acclaimed “I Never Sang For My Father” and a so underrated turn in “The Firm,” the latter one I have seen myriad times, the former at a status of really wanting to see and observe Mr. Hackman’s incredible performance again.

Now perhaps unfairly not cited until now, Hackman’s wife, pianist, Betsy Arakawa and a dog were also found “no longer,” days back.

Looking for something to do, you can not go wrong checking Hackman’s films, (I add “Mississippi Burning,” “The Royal Tennenbaums” and of course “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven” the latter two yielding Best Actor Academy Awards for Mr. Hackman–( The great Buffalo Sabres line of Perreault, Martin and Robert was nicknamed “The French Connection Line) many others and enjoy most, as excellent, encompassing the greatness of Gene Hackman, consummate actor.

Left to right, Andy B and Gene Hackman some years back, however, in this century.

Gene as “Lex Luthor” with the great and so classy, Christopher Reeve in Superman.