Ruminations on RR

This is coming a few days late, but I needed to raid the photo collection first.

There have been many wonderful things said about Robert Redford's actions in life. I haven't seen the following discussed.

For me, one of the defining things that Robert Redford did as an actor, especially in closeups, was the "freeze expression, slide the eyes in one direction, slide them back, continue." He could do this with a variety of emotions and apply it to scenes with different tones. It's everywhere in his body of work because he was masterful at it (and it reinforced his aura of charm).

This photo, from a fall trip to NH when I was 16, does not have Robert Redford in it. Instead that's my dad, Richard Reutter, who can sometimes make you double take before realizing no, that's not the famous actor. I'm thankful that both men have been in this world, and that my dad is still with us.