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 <fdav...@verizon.net> 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:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of daniel > strebin > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 11:59 AM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
