RIP: Gene Hackman (1930-2025)

[Dback Jon]

Gene Hackman Died of Heart Disease and Alzheimer’s a Week After Betsy Arakawa; Wife’s Cause of Death Determined to Be Hantavirus​

 

[Chaplin]

The timeline doesn't seem to fit does it?

 

[Shane]

The timeline doesn't seem to fit does it?

Well states she died a week prior which would seem odd to most. Why didn't he report it etc. call 911 etc.?

But then when I see he had Alzheimers it makes much more sense to me.

 

[Dback Jon]

The timeline doesn't seem to fit does it?

it does.

She died. He wandered around the house 6 days before probably starving to death. Unfortunately from personal experience with my mom, people with advanced alzheimer's don't want to eat - and their body ends up shutting down completely.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

Yeah. Can't really comment. Definitely seems like a bizarre situation and really an odd thing for the wife to die from.

They haven't been public in a long time.

If it makes sense to the family then it's probably the end of it.

I could completely see a situation where she was the caregiver and passed and a 94 year old with Alzheimer's is confused and aimless for a week before passing as well.

Even that age without Alzheimer's can be tough.

That's the age my grandmother was when she passed and a guys bulk of the time she had no idea who all these people were in her house - very friendly and polite about it and things would register on occasion, but definitely a slide over her last 6-8 months. One morning she thought my uncle (her son) and I were rival coffee salesmen, once he left the room she leans in and discreetly asks if we got along ok or if there was some professional friction. I could completely see her not knowing how to do our handle situations that would have been obvious even a year earlier

 

[Mainstreet]

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A very nice picture from better times.

 

[DemsMyBoys]

I’m going to miss him. A Gene Hackman movie always meant you were in for a treat.

 

[AzStevenCal]

We usually watch a couple movies featuring an actor/actress shortly after they pass but for Hackman, it took a full week just to watch the ones we favor and even then, we had to skip several. Our selections were Crimson Tide, Heist, Absolute Power, Get Shorty, Narrow Margin, The Quick and the Dead and The Package. Not necessarily his best films but a good mix of him playing the heavy and a good guy. What an incredible actor and he's one of the few that I actually prefer him in the bad guy role.

 

[Shane]

We usually watch a couple movies featuring an actor/actress shortly after they pass but for Hackman, it took a full week just to watch the ones we favor and even then, we had to skip several. Our selections were Crimson Tide, Heist, Absolute Power, Get Shorty, Narrow Margin, The Quick and the Dead and The Package. Not necessarily his best films but a good mix of him playing the heavy and a good guy. What an incredible actor and he's one of the few that I actually prefer him in the bad guy role.

LOVED him in the bad guy role in Unforgiven. IMO his best. Also love him in the movie with Will Smith Enemy of the State. I just watched Crimson Tide again last week. The scenes with him and Denzel are awesome.

 

[Mulli]

I remember being so mad at him because of how good he was in Unforgiven and Crimson Tide. RIP. Seems like he had a full life

 

[AzStevenCal]

LOVED him in the bad guy role in Unforgiven. IMO his best. Also love him in the movie with Will Smith Enemy of the State. I just watched Crimson Tide again last week. The scenes with him and Denzel are awesome.

Yeah he's great in Unforgiven but I find that a tough re-watch anymore. I wasn't too fond of Enemy of the State although his character is one of the brights spots in the film. And it's beyond me how anyone could watch Crimson Tide and not be impressed and thrilled by their head to head moments.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

Also love him in .... Enemy of the State.

I saw that on break from college with HS friends - when they ran his background my friends went nuts

On campus we used to joke that our most famous alumnus was Gene Hackman's fictional character in Enemy of the State

 

[Mainstreet]

The Unforgiven was one of my favorite Western movies. Ironically, this scene with Gene Hackman was the most memorable for me.

I didn't think it was appropriate to post until later and even now I put it in a spoiler.

Spoiler

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[Stout]

I remember being so mad at him because of how good he was in Unforgiven and Crimson Tide. RIP. Seems like he had a full life

He is just so nails in Crimson Tide, and it was such a well-written role as well. Not a bad guy, not a good guy, but a guy with conviction.

 

[Cheesebeef]

No mention of Royal Tannebaum? He was electric in that movie. One of his last and best performances.

 

[Cardsmasochist]

I’m going to rewatch the French Connection. It’s free on YouTube

 

[tennis-player]

I’m going to rewatch the French Connection. It’s free on YouTube

French Connection is also on Amazon Prime with no fee.

 

[Stout]

No mention of Royal Tannebaum? He was electric in that movie. One of his last and best performances.

My friend and I were dying during that movie. The rest of the theater didn't get it and were upset with us for enjoying, it seemed. We didn't GAF.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

I really can't remember it, but as I've mentioned around here before Wes Anderson stuff just doesn't land with me.

The trailers and general aesthetic and style seem to fit with things I enjoy, so for a while I would get excited and then watch the movie and just hate almost every minute of it

I've grown to temper and dismiss this initial urges to watch anything he makes

 

[Cheesebeef]

I really can't remember it, but as I've mentioned around here before Wes Anderson stuff just doesn't land with me.

The trailers and general aesthetic and style seem to fit with things I enjoy, so for a while I would get excited and then watch the movie and just hate almost every minute of it

I've grown to temper and dismiss this initial urges to watch anything he makes

I loved Anderson's first 3 movies - Bottle Rocket is a charming hangout movie, Rushmore and Tenenbaums are absolute sure fire classics, and even though they existed in increasingly hyper stylized worlds, the characters all felt relatively grounded, in their own weird ways.

after that though, he seemed to be making movies with aliens pretending to be people in worlds far from anything resembling actual earth.

 

[Chaplin]

I loved Anderson's first 3 movies - Bottle Rocket is a charming hangout movie, Rushmore and Tenenbaums are absolute sure fire classics, and even though they existed in increasingly hyper stylized worlds, the characters all felt relatively grounded, in their own weird ways.

after that though, he seemed to be making movies with aliens pretending to be people in worlds far from anything resembling actual earth.

Budapest was great and Moonrise Kingdom had a lot going for it, but nothing has since reach the heights of Royal Tenenbaums. One of my favorite movies of the 2000s.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Budapest was great and Moonrise Kingdom had a lot going for it, but nothing has since reach the heights of Royal Tenenbaums. One of my favorite movies of the 2000s.

I really wanted to like Budapest, but just couldn't get into it.

The last one that did anything for me was Darjeeling, just because i could hook into a story about 3 brothers and their dynamic felt genuinely like brothers and comparative at times to the "Cool Bros" Ouchie/Cheese/He Who Shall Not Post trio.

 

[Chaplin]

I really wanted to like Budapest, but just couldn't get into it.

The last one that did anything for me was Darjeeling, just because i could hook into a story about 3 brothers and their dynamic felt genuinely like brothers and comparative at times to the "Cool Bros" Ouchie/Cheese/He Who Shall Not Post trio.

Yeah, Darjeeling was the first WA movie that I couldn't get into. And his latest one, Asteroid City, was too weird.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Yeah, Darjeeling was the first WA movie that I couldn't get into. And his latest one, Asteroid City, was too weird.

Yeah… with Asteroid, if I want to watch a play, I’ll go the the theater, not a movie theater.

 

[Cardsmasochist]

I loved Anderson's first 3 movies - Bottle Rocket is a charming hangout movie, Rushmore and Tenenbaums are absolute sure fire classics, and even though they existed in increasingly hyper stylized worlds, the characters all felt relatively grounded, in their own weird ways.

after that though, he seemed to be making movies with aliens pretending to be people in worlds far from anything resembling actual earth.

Agreed