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martin scorsese has published a Homage Mourning my friend and colleague rob rennerWho was it Murdered with his wife Michelle Singer Rainerearlier this month.
in an essay for the new York TimesScorsese began: “Rob Reiner was my friend, and Michele too. From now on, I have to use the past tense, and it fills me with very deep sadness. But there is no other option.”
Rainer and his wife were His daughter, Romy Renner, was found dead at his home. youngest son of the couple, Nick Reiner, Arrested hours later and charged Two counts of first-degree murder,
Scorsese recalled meeting Renner in the 1970s and attending get-togethers at the home of George Memoli, a founding member of the improv troupe Ace Trucking Company.
“Immediately, I loved hanging out with Rob. We had a natural attraction to each other. He was hilarious and sometimes extremely funny, but he was never the kind of guy who took over the room. He had a beautiful feeling of uninterrupted freedomHe was completely enjoying life at that moment, and he laughed very loudly,” the director wrote.
flower moon killer The director talked about himself favorite rainer movie, Sufferingwhich he described as “a very special film, beautifully acted by Kathy Bates and James Caan”.
He narrated the 1984 mockumentary this is spinal tap As in “in a class of its own”. “It’s kind of an immaculate creation. And a big part of the greatness of that movie is Rob himself as a director and an actor.”
Scorsese explained why he chose Renner to play Max Belfort, the father of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jordan Belfort, in his 2013 film. The Wolf of Wall Street,
“He could improvise with the best of them, he was a master of comedy, he worked beautifully with Leo and the rest, and he understood his character’s human plight: the man loved his son, he was happy with his success, but he knew he was destined to fall.” He has written.
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“There’s that wonderful moment where Rob watches Jon Favreau explain to Leo that he can walk away from his company relatively unscathed if he walks away from his company before the SEC gets a chance to charge him with violations. The look on Rob’s face, as he realizes that Leo is hesitant and that he ultimately won’t stop, is very telling.”
Scorsese described Rainers’ death as “an obscenity, a gaping hole in living reality” and ended his tribute with the hope that he could come to terms with his loss in time.
“So, like all of their loved ones and their friends — and these were people with many, many friends — I should be allowed to imagine them alive and well,” he said, “and that day, I’ll be at a dinner or a party and find myself sitting next to Rob, and I’ll hear his laugh and see his pretty face and laugh at his stories and enjoy his natural comic timing, and feel lucky again to have him as a friend. I will.”
tribute to rainers There has been a flood from Hollywood following his death. last week, the Princess Bride Star Mandy Patinkin reflects on filming the movieDescribed the late director’s friendships with actors Billy Crystal and Christopher Guest as “the cornerstone of his life”.