Philip Seymour Hoffman c/d?

He performed it in Spring 2012, with Mike Nichols directing. Not to overspeculate, but was thinking this was around the same, from what he said, he started taking painkillers.

Also thinking how Cobain always attributed his heroin use to fighting a chronic stomach ulcer,and how if there's something that takes away pain (physical, emotional) it sure it hard to push that thing away.

I see. That's why I asked. It makes sense. I started reading Barry Meier's Pain Killer last night because I guess I wanted to wallow in misery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcTf7CO-hdA

that minty flavor.

I just found out about this a few hours ago while I was at work. I was so shocked and saddened I had to leave my desk and go for a walk to clear my head. He was easily my favorite actor. The word gets thrown around a lot but I believe he was a true genius in his field.

that first "fuck you" in the kools outtake is just the most human amazing guys-working thing

just two guys smoking kools

clips like that break my heart

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My dad smoked Kools and that clip makes me wonder if he had convos like that.

u can tell they're going to crack up before he even says anything

Last thing I saw him in was early episode of Law and Order, he stood out since most of the others couldn't act that well. RIP

― badg, Monday, February 3, 2014 4:39 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Watched this ep tonight, bonus appearance from Samuel L Jackson.

Also this ep is his first imdb entry. He doesn't do a whole lot.

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this^^^

omg <3 that kools clip. three great readings!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy1Q1WL57Qo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkeLGisUHtc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ornzkdo9t1w

he looks off his nut i that tbh

Half-related, someone reposted this Russell Brand essay on addiction and empathy: http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/mar/09/russell-brand-life-without-drugs

Whatever his failings in other areas of public discourse, that is a really really strong piece.

Agree!

please to keep posting the outtakes

shit, i have to see The Master now

Agree!

It really is

State and Main! Forgettable movie, but I totally forgot he was in it and once again good.

i can't believe Philip Seymour Hoffman is dead

so I haven't read all of this so maybe this has already been brought up, but I'm not sure why the all out NYPD search for the people who sold him heroin. Do they do this for everyone who ODs? No.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLtNd1h34F8

so I haven't read all of this so maybe this has already been brought up, but I'm not sure why the all out NYPD search for the people who sold him heroin. Do they do this for everyone who ODs? No.

― akm, Tuesday, February 4, 2014 1:20 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

they do it for cool and important people

akm i'm assuming it has to do w/ the large amount though it might have to do w/ this fentanyl spiked heroin that supposedly hit the east coast?

yea i was wondering that, if the fentanyl was related to hoffman's death

That's the most likely scenario here. They've probably determined the stockpile all came from the same source and that it's related to the fentanyl spiked incidents.

horrible

Has heroin really dropped down to $6 a bag? Wow.

nyt piece seems to suggest it's meant to flood the market and create addicts

The possibility that there are '80s action movie-style heroin distribution factories in the city is legitimately horrifying

Get Seagal and Van Damme on the case, asap.

a job for Che de Blasio

i'm sorry - that clip of Hoffman bouncing off the top of that car is hilarious!

Surprised it did not lead to an addiction to painkillers, tbh.

yeah, that Mattress King ad is all-time

for new yorkers:
https://www.facebook.com/events/291040771044583/

;_;

I think The Master deserves more praise. Some speculated that the film was too controversial for scientologists and that it would frustrate too many viewers who wanted a more conventional beginning, middle and end, to really achieve any success. But some people are betting on it being a future mighty classic.
The film was really nothing like I had imagined. I thought Phoenix was going to be the audience insertion/identification figure, but he was nothing like that.

I think Hoffman's performance was really great for the way his character tried to appear endlessly wise, jolly and generous, but his rage gets the better of him and I think those scenes of him awkwardly losing it are some of the best in the film.

I heard different takes on how much this was a critique of scientology/Hubbard. I think there is quite a lot of it, but it doesnt really seem like a main goal. Hubbard was quite open with friends and family about his cynical moneymaking scheme but Hoffman's character appears to have deluded himself. Hoffman's child in the film has a similar appalled stance as Hubbard's own children.

well it's harder to make an ambitious film about a con man than about a "visionary" who at least partly believes his own shit. I guess Elmer Gantry is the first exception that comes to mind, but it has Burt Lancaster lusting, tumbling and shouting all over the place.

well it's harder to make an ambitious film about a con man than about a "visionary" who at least partly believes his own shit

Why not both?

http://www.cinema.indiana.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/jpg34

The film was really nothing like I had imagined. I thought Phoenix was going to be the audience insertion/identification figure, but he was nothing like that.

maybe not for yoooou

yup, at the time it befuddled both packed theaters i saw it with, none of my PTA-loving friends were into it, i was disappointed, but it seemed like a movie that would make more sense in time…now that this has happened, that process will no doubt be expedited…

The Master felt more like the story of an alcoholic and his perfect antagonist than a shot at Scientology.

Good interview with his acting coach (with shitty URL name).

Also, four arrests.

none of my PTA-loving friends were into it

interesting. i lean towards anti-PTA and i thought it was pretty awesome.

The Master was great but it is pretty slow so definitely watch it only on a good stereo system/tv setup, like if you saw it on a laptop you might enjoy it but you might fall asleep.