Austin paid his respects earlier this week:
The first time I saw a performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman, it changed my life. What a tremendous talent. - AUS10
It makes you wonder what performance Austin was talking about?
Doubt it was Hoffman's big screen start in Scent of a Woman or from Twister. But wonder if it was his turn as the painfully awkward, sexually repressed boom operator Scotty J in Boogie Nights. Not only it was a moment that transformed him from an actor to a star, but it help elevate the film.
It is one of the most famous scenes of the film, period— when he makes a clumsy pass at Mark Wahlberg’s character, Dirk Diggler, at a New Year’s Eve party in 1979.
"The party is the turning point of the film, the moment the good times start drying up, and beneath their surface lies dread. Hoffman’s scene is our first glimpse of failure, the gathering nightmare of dreams not coming true. It’s one sustained cringe, from the reveal of the Corvette to the rebuffed kiss to the lingering shot of Scotty in the car, alone, sobbing 'I’m a fucking idiot' as Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band’s 'Do Your Thing' rises in the background."
A powerful scene for everyone in the audience, the moment of vulnerability and risk, but even more so for a 17 yr in 1997.
Jake joined Michelle today at Phillips Seymour Hoffman's funeral.
Now it becomes apparent that Jake returned to NY earlier in the week for the funeral.
And to be a good friend to Michelle, who appears to be taking this passing particularly hard. No doubt memories of Heath's passing came flooding back and coupled with the empathy she has for Hoffman's partner and their 3 children.
When unexpected and sudden deaths of our contemporaries happen it makes everyone ask that question - what if it had happen to me? Reassessing where you are in your life and what would happen to your family, friends, and those you love.
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