Dan- I'm so sorry to hear about Bob's passing. I always liked Bob and joked with him at the Ray Court shows and in Columbus. What I didn't realize until now is that I probably went to NYU with Bob, since we were both apparently students of Martin Scorcese, who attended NYU and taught there for a brief time. I did not know Bob from NYU, however, and because of this, we never discussed our school past. He will be greatly missed. Condolences to his daughter.
Franc Martarella -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of daniel strebin Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 11:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] the passing of Bob de Pietro The vintage poster and projected-film collecting worlds lost a one-time giant of their respective arenas earlier this week with the passing (from congestive heart failure) of Robert de Pietro, known to many of us old-timers as Bobby d. An avid student and lover of world cinema, he turned his masters degree in film studies from NYU into a decades-long series of vintage film-related enterprises which included, but were not limited to, processing and enlarging independent filmmakers' 8 and 16mm work into 35mm projection prints; being one of the first to offer rare international films on vhs; being the principal architect of Martin Scorsese's (and others) private 16 and 35mm film archives; and one of the true seminal giants of vintage film poster connoisseurship. In addition, he was a genuine larger-than-life character in every respect of the term, in fact his personal philosophy which he generously shared with those of us dinosaurs of the collecting worlds was, in his words, "living large, or you just ain't living." In spite of the hard times which befell him in recent years, I believe he will be tremendously missed by those of us lucky enough to have been blessed by his past glory and knowledge and love for the best and brightest in film history. >From his loving friend, Daniel Strebin/ posterman dan Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
