If anything, Sydney Pollack’s legacy isn’t his roster of great character acting roles, nor his reasonable slate of directorial work. It’s his work as a producer – the most thankless of roles in the business, often unfairly dismissed as “money men” when the best producers are the most passionate hands-on creators of them all. The Talented Mr. Ripley, Sense and Sensibility, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Searching For Bobby Fischer – every one with his hands on it.

But this is probably his greatest single work: a timeless comedy.

There are worse legacies, by far.

But what the hell – it is awesome.

And that was Jimmy Slyde at seventy.

…although volunteer-driven CG movies have a long history of not succeeding, I can’t help but hope that Iron Sky manages to make a go of it.

Via Karen, this is a pretty concise – and amusing – background and explanation of the recent transit strike in Toronto.