Sorry to hear of anyone's passing, but did not have a good relationship with Bob. The few film deals I had with him always were shady on his part....
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 3, 2016, at 4:01 PM, Mark Heller > <[email protected]> wrote: > > WOW! Bob was a great guy and I think about him often. > We ran 2 NYC film conventions together. > I believe we had the only show to ever feature Claire Trevor. > He lived life on his own terms and even in his darkest days always had a > smile! > >> On Feb 3, 2016, at 3:08 PM, 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]] 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. > > 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.
