Chatted with him a few times at poster/ movie conventions knowledgable and pleasant ...last thing I remember him saying to me was " how do you make a living in this f-----g business"...RIP
On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, Franc <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] <javascript:;>] On > Behalf Of daniel strebin > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 11:59 AM > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > 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] > <javascript:;> > 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] > <javascript:;> > 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.
