Damn!

What a shame to hear that Sydney Pollack has passed away at the relatively young age of 73. He would have made many more great films if he'd had the time, I'm sure. I'm completely obsessed with his last dramatic film as a director, The Intrepreter (2005), which was poorly received, but which I've watched many times (he appeared more recently - in 2007 - as an actor, in Michael Clayton, another excellent film). Just a terrific guy, a huge loss to Hollywood and to the movies.