{"id":1878,"date":"2024-07-23T10:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2024-07-23T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:30:35","slug":"remembering-philip-seymour-hoffman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/?p=1878","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Philip Seymour Hoffman, often described as one of the greatest actors of his generation, was born on July 23, 1967. The Academy Award-winning actor (he earned his Oscar for his portrayal of Truman Capote<\/a>) died a decade ago, but his impact is still frequently mentioned among actors and critics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His close friend, the humorist Shalom Auslander<\/a>, has written a new memoir in which he discusses their close friendship, and their shared feelings of self-hatred. Feh<\/a><\/em>, the title of the memoir, is a Yiddish word meaning, essentially, “yuck,\u201d and Auslander says it describes the feelings of disgust with themselves and hopelessness about their lives<\/a> that he and Hoffman were often consumed by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoffman\u2019s genius<\/a> was in portraying people who are constantly fighting this inner monologue that tells them that they\u2019re hideous, weak, and worthless. Auslander\u2019s July 18 interview on NPR\u2019s Fresh Air<\/a> provides illuminating insights into himself and Hoffman. However, it is painful to listen to stories of gifted people who are overcome by darkness despite their enormous gifts and the love outsiders feel for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though best known for his film acting, which garnered him four Oscar nominations and one Academy Award, Hoffman was also a prominent theater actor. He was nominated for three Tony Awards for his performances in three classic American plays: Sam Shepard’s True West<\/a><\/em>, Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night<\/a><\/em>, and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To honor Hoffman’s storytelling power on what would have been his 57th birthday, I recommend you watch one or two of his 55 film performances<\/a> tonight. Here are some of his best:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capote<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doubt<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Master<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boogie Nights<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Talented Mr. Ripley<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost Famous<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magnolia<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, often described as one of the greatest actors of his generation, was born on July 23, 1967. The Academy Award-winning actor (he earned his Oscar for his portrayal of Truman Capote) died a decade ago, but his impact is still frequently mentioned among actors and critics. His close friend, the humorist Shalom … Continue reading Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,27,26],"tags":[37,1413,1410,1412,1402,1409,1414,543,1416,1417,33,1418,1411,486,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1881,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions\/1881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauragrey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}