Offscreen Notes
Robert Sklar (1936-2011)
Film academic/writer Robert Sklar died from injuries sustained in a cycling accident in Spain, on July 7, 2011, at the age of 74. I remember Sklar’s now seminal book Movie Made America being a required reading for one of my first ever film courses, a film history class, and even as a newbie I sensed a book that would become a classic in its field. Sklar became (and still was at the time of his death) a founding pillar of the NYU Film Studies department, a school which was instrumental (through its former students John Locke, Mario Falsetto, Carole Zucker, Peter Rist, Catherine Russell) in guiding the development of the University where I studied and currently teach, Concordia.
