By Steven C. Beer
Philip Seymour Hoffman 1967-2014
I received the tragic news about Philip Seymour Hoffman like a punch in the belly.
Unlike most celebrity deaths, the pain has lingered for days and has not diminished in intensity. I cannot remember the last time that friends and colleagues reached out to one another like this to connect and share their profound loss. Hoffman was our hero, a soldier at the vanguard of cinema — and like losing a family member, we are each seeking to find our own way to make sense of it.
