Becoming Mike Nichols

I watched this recently and shortly thereafter a shorter documentary from the American Masters series on the same subject matter, the absolutely brilliant genius known as Mike Nichols. Not only was he successful, and extraordinarily so much of the time both in improvisional comedy with the awesomely funny Elaine May, as a director in theater as well as eventually in film and television with the astoundingly great Angels in America. Not only was he a genius in all of these mediums with a slew of awards, he was a very delightful man to listen to, to laugh with, to learn from and to be moved by. I so wish there was even more footage of him as I could listen to him for hours talking about the amazing things he accomplished with the awesome talents he dealt with. In the world of show business, whether it be stage or film or TV, there are few people I admire more than this man. Besides me, it seems like everyone was in awe of him in one way or another and it was all deserved. He lived to be the ripe old age of 83, but as greedy as I am I wish he had lived and worked even longer. There was never enough. I miss his brilliance.