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In 2018, it was reported that Robert Redford would be making his acting swan song with David Lowery\u2019s crime caper The Old Man and the Gun. As the film received its festival debut, those retirement statements were backtracked, but audiences were still given a thoughtful and surprising fable about a real\u00a0\u201cRedford type\u201d of character and a convincing love story with Sissy Spacek. Reviews were largely positive but muted, and with the film\u2019s early season release and the dismissal of Redford\u2019s earlier claims that this would be his last performance, the film remained an awards season trifle with a few devoted fans but no Oscar love.<\/p>\n
This episode, we talk about Lowery\u2019s varied and interesting directorial career thus far and Redford\u2019s surprisingly spare history of awards traction for his performances. We also look back at the 1980 Academy Awards when Redford and Spacek won their Oscars, the lingering distaste among film lovers for Ordinary People beating out Raging Bull, and a post-Globe win and SAG nomination state of the current race.<\/p>\n
Topics also include Spacek\u2019s Oscar dominance in the 1980s, Elisabeth Moss joining our Six Timers Club, and the National Board of Review\u2019s Top Independent Films of 2018.<\/p>\n
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