While the 90s were defined for me by child education, A river running Through it (1992) led me to try to fly my hand in Tasmania. While I could appreciate the good appearance of a young Brad Pitt, my heart still belonged to Redford. Immoral suggestion (1993) was certainly a fantasy, and a great distraction of the wash and cleaning that was with a household of five.
A teenager Lisa Johnson, hopelessly devoted to Robert Redford.
In 1998, Redford still looked good in denim, at 62, in The horse whispered. Spy game and The Company you hold fed my love for spying, and Everything is lost, Although it was not critically awarded, reminded me that everything was never lost. Redford’s reunion film with Jane Fonda in 2017, Our souls at night, Reminded me that the time was traveling quickly. And The old man & the gun Confirm that reflection and wisdom are the benefits of aging.
I don’t have a favorite Redford film. But I looked and looked again Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Child (1969) with one of my daughters, who was more with Paul Newman. And I have repetitions of The sting (1973), one of my deceased father’s favorites (also a Paul Newman fan).
Of course, as a girl I fell for his appearance. As an older woman, I realize that Redford has opened my world and lit my curiosity. I try to live two pearls of wisdom that Robert Redford defines for me. The first comes from a conversation he had with his longtime friend Sydney Pollack, who directed him The way we Wash, Three days of the condor and From Africa. ‘Success, “Redford told Pollack,” is a funny game. I don’t know that the most delicious was when you strived for it, rather than achieving it. ‘
The second was with regard to retirement, which is around for this girl from Chester Hill.
Paul Newman, as Butch Cassidy, and Robert Redford, as the Sundance Kid, in the final shooting in the final shooting in 1969.Credit: 20th Century Fox/AP
“You make the best of what you got – that’s how I see it,” Redford said. “And you keep making more of it. I see no reason to stop. I think retirement can lead to death, and it’s not for me. ‘ Indeed he produces the series, Dark windsin which he made a como appearance to play chess in a prison cell.
Thanks for the memories, Mr Redford. They light the corners of my mind.
Lisa Johnson is a teacher in school singing ’70s songs.