Robert Redford’s Many Types of Heroes
The Outlaw, the Romantic, the Survivor: From the Sundance Kid to his final role, he showed different ways to be a hero onscreen.
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The Outlaw, the Romantic, the Survivor: From the Sundance Kid to his final role, he showed different ways to be a hero onscreen.
Though he got his start under the old studio system, he remained a natural in the New Hollywood and beyond.
Reluctant to focus on style or his looks, Mr. Redford nevertheless became the embodiment of an enduring aesthetic.
His knowledge of the ways cameras and media create narratives helped him redirect those stories in service of larger causes like environment...