One of the cinema titans left – Robert Redford died

One of the cinema titans left – Robert Redford died

by Alex Billington
September 16, 2025
Source: Variety

“I think that the glory of art is that it can not only survive change, it can lead it. As an artist, I cannot think of a better life than the one I was blessed with. It’s just a big walk.” From his speech accepting his Oscar of success for life in 2002. Next January, it will be my 20th year at the Sundance Film Festival. I owe so much about my life and my career to Robert Redford And everything he did for cinema. This is why I take the time to write this tribute to him, to remember him now and to continue to remember him for the years to come. The sad news is that the remarkable American actor / filmmaker / storyteller Robert Redford died at 89 years old. Winner of an Oscars (in 1981 for the realization Ordinary people), The Cecil B. Demille Award, The Sag Life Achievement Award, the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, and a real lover of the magic of films and the power of narration. He was one of the best to work in films, changing the industry in so many important ways. Redford died on September 16 at his home in Sundance in the Utah mountains – “the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved.” An icon of the film and the narration has disappeared.

This one strikes hard. It was a force majeure in the film industry beyond the simple game and realizing. According to the words of his colleague Cinematographic Criticism Brian Talrico: “Robert Redford used his immense renown to shape all the existence of independent cinema. He was a real Titan. “Everyone knows and loves Redford and all his work. He has been involved in cinema for over 60 years – his first appearances were on Alfred Hitchcock presents in 1961 and The twilight zone In 1962. As an actor, he was in many emblematic films: Warship (1962), Barefoot in the park (1967), Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The candidate (1972), The bite (1973), The way we were (1973), Three days of the Condor (1975), All the men of the president (1976), The electric rider (1979), Brubaker (1980), Naturalness (1984), Out of Africa (1985), Sneakers (1992), Everything is lost (2013), Truth (2015), Pete dragon (2016), Our souls at night (2017), and The old man and the pistol (2018). As a director, he also made many great films: Ordinary people,, A river crosses him,, Show quiz,, The whisper horse,, The legend of Bagger Vance,, Lions for lambs,, The conspiratorAnd The company you keep. His heritage will live forever – a real cinema hero … RIP.

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