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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social

"He looked like the child of the liaison between Lt. Pinkerton & Madame Butterfly." - Pauline Kael on James Coburn

A smiling Coburn, wearing a cowboy hat, between Kermit the Frog & Fozzie Bear.
aug 31, 2025, 3:15 pm • 3 0

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James Coburn with Tom Adams & Lawrence Montaigne in John Sturges's The Great Escape 📷 Léo L. Fuchs, 1963

The prisoners of war plan their escape
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social

The photographs Jim Goldberg took of James Coburn a few months before the actor's death in 2002 are really extraordinary.

Coburn in his home, wearing a sweater
aug 31, 2025, 3:17 pm • 4 0 • view
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social

This one is my favourite: James Coburn by Jim Goldberg, August 2002

A shot of Coburn's right hand on his easy chair, as he sits back.
aug 31, 2025, 3:18 pm • 3 0 • view