Wow, very sad news... when you see a person for so many years, albeit in long intervals, as our movie poster shows go, you hear news like this and you realize that the golden age of movie poster collecting is sadly passing.... all too quickly.... Although I did many of the same shows Bobby d. did, and we had short, casual chats, I did not really know the man. It was therefor very interesting to read the things Strebin just wrote about de Pietro. Very impressive! Even a casual observer couldn't miss the great friendship the you Dan and de Pietro shared. You guys sat beside each other at shows, and clearly had a great ol' time together. It's heart warming to read the great feeling you have for your friend. Bobby d. is probably smiling now.... He WAS a character, and he will be missed.
Zeev -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of daniel strebin Sent: February-03-16 2:59 PM 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.
