Reuben was also a man of focus.
He was part of that generation that did one thing at a time. When he was reading the paper, he was reading the paper. When he was having a conversation, he was having a conversation, And when he was watching a movie, he was watching a movie. Preferably in a theatre.
He was always up on the latest films and was crestfallen when the Paris Theatre closed. The scene of many a New York premier I had my own Paris memories. One was how I always associated it with the sound of horse hooves on cobblestones because my parents and I went to see Howard’s End there when it opened in 1992. The acoustics in the Paris were excellent, and I was struck by how crisp and clean the sound of the carriages of England sounded on East 58th Street in New York.
“Reuben recently said “I don’t understand being on your phone, doing all these other things, when you are home watching a movie. I like to see a film in a theatre.”