SYDNEY POLLACK

I was sad to hear that Sydney Pollack had passed. I have always felt their is more talent behind the camera than in front of the movie camera. Directors have so much to do on a movie set, before the filming, during, and post filming. Directors have to massage the egos of many of the stars they work with. Directors have to cut cost in any way they can think of, and they get very creative at it. Pollack could direct any type of story, drama, or comedy.

I read in the review journal, (Las Vegas) that he was filming in a Las Vegas casino. Robert Redford's character had to ride a white stallion off stage and through the casino in the movie, "THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN". "Stallions are know to be high-strung so we spent months training him," said the Hollywood director. "We played a tape recording of slot machine sound for hours in his stall," said Pollack. "He behaved better than the actors."