Robert Redford died today

 I remember Robert Redford from the first movie I had watched with him acting in 1969 or 1970.  I had gone to the Tower Theater at 8th street and around 15th ave.  This was around 5 years after I arrived from the old country so my English was not all that strong.  I particularly remember two scenes.  One was when Robert Reford and Paul Newman jump off a cliff to avoid being captured and said one word on the way down.  I think the word was Bullshit!  or something like that.  I do not remember many other scenes except Paul Newman and Katherine Ross riding a horse while "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"  was playing.  I remember another scene with Katherine Ross.  

I watched the movie with Robert my brother.  I am not sure if my other brothers or sisters were present or not.  Robert would explain sometimes what was going on.  For example I did not know what the work bullshit meant or why it was bleeped out.  He told me what it was. 

While I was in high school I also worked at the Hotels with my dad.  I would normally work on Saturday and would pull two shifts.  One was from 8am- 2pm and the other from 6pm-10pm, approximately.  Between 2pm and 6pm I had time to myself.  I would normally take a bus to Lincoln Road and watch a move.  I saw Redford again in 1973 when I saw the Way We Were with Barbara Streisand.  This was the first movie I saw with Barbara Streisand.  There was only one scene which I remember.  She finally gets him to go to bed with her and he falls asleep in the process.  To myself I was thinking how is this possible?  

I did not watch much with Robert Redford after that.  I thought of watching "The Sting" but I still have not seen it.  I know my dad loved it.  I did watch "Ordinary People".  This one he got the Oscar for best Director.  I loved the movie.  I particularly liked the way Mary Tyler Moore acted in it and was disappointed when she did not get the academy award.  I thought she did a great job.  

I am getting old now. I am surprised I remember more about those actors from the past than actors that are still with us.  The only living persons I wrote about are Katherine Ross and Barbara Streisand.