"All are undeniably iconic characters, but they only scratch the surface of a filmography that ranged from melancholy auteurist rom-com (Alan Pakula's "Starting Over," Blake Edwards' "The Man Who Loved Women") and sports flicks ("The Longest Yard," "Semi-Tough") to two Peter Bogdanovich pictures ("At Long Last Love" and "Nickelodeon") as difficult to classify as they are criminally underrated. And then there are the movies Reynolds directed;"
"he never achieved the widespread critical acceptance behind the camera of his friend and box office rival Clint Eastwood, but his tough and tender cop film "Sharky's Machine" is a masterful contemporary noir that expertly balances graphic violence and intense romantic longing, and "The End" is singular black comedy that still feels subversive nearly 50 years later. These and each of Reynolds' other films of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s get the attention they deserve."
Burt Reynolds died in 2018 while preparing to play George Spahn in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Obituaries emphasized three roles: Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, The Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit, and Jack Horner in Boogie Nights. Reynolds's filmography also includes melancholy auteurist rom-coms, sports pictures, and two difficult-to-classify Peter Bogdanovich films that are criminally underrated. Reynolds directed films that combine toughness and tenderness, notably Sharky's Machine, a contemporary noir, and The End, a subversive black comedy. His films from the 1960s through the 1980s reveal a wider range than his most famous characters imply.
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