River Runs Through It

I don't know why but I've found my mind wandering to River Phoenix a lot this week. Can you believe he'd be two years short of 50 right now if he was still alive? It's hard to picture - this Halloween will mark the 25th anniversary of his death and he remains so young in the mind's eye. Maybe I should do a series on his movies later this year - it wouldn't be a huge task to undertake given how criminally short his career turned out to be. 

What are your favorites? I know the right answers are the dramas where he fiddled with the sadness in his eyes but I really adore his bit as Young Indy in the third Indiana Jones movie the most, I think. It's so light and fun and atypical for him at that time -- that opening sequence is just movie magic.