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Post by Longtallsally on Apr 27, 2019 10:02:42 GMT
Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 27, 2019 11:50:36 GMT
Another one I'd mention is Crissy Rock in Ladybird, Ladybird ........it's what I call a "non-social media performance" Depressing as hell (a Ken Loach special) but with none of the winks you see in modern performances - ie, you can't sum it quickly, you can make a gif out of it, the people are living in a non-Twitter world and they couldn't take an Instagram photo .......and this film was made right on the cusp of the Internet era......life is complicated enough for them, working, breathing, hurting. I sometimes joke about acting "as performance" but Rock here, in conjunction with Loach, reveals most performances we see to be utter BS. I wouldn't probably watch the film again, I've seen it more than once, but every time I walk down a city street or get on public transportation or something like that, I see many Crissy Rock's staring at me tbh.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 16:32:15 GMT
Now? Katie Says Goodbye. Olivia Cooke´s performance of lifetime so far.
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Apr 27, 2019 16:46:43 GMT
Ledger, Brokeback Mountain Phoenix, The Master Mann, Frownland (it'll be blasphemy to some, but I've recently decided he's my Best Actor win for 2007 just over DDL)
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Post by TerryMontana on Apr 27, 2019 17:14:58 GMT
Mann, Frownland (it'll be blasphemy to some, but I've recently decided he's my Best Actor win for 2007 just over DDL) Certainly looks like a blasphemy
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Post by pacinoyes on May 28, 2019 21:23:47 GMT
The speech at the end here, where Scofield argues theoretically that he would give the devil a defense seems to be popping up a lot lately and people have been mentioning it simultaneously to me thinking about it which is weird. Newt Gingrich (?!?!) mentioned it as an example of how the progressive Left can discard civil liberties in the name of a false progressive good.......I thought of it first with that Harvard professor being fired for defending Weinstein. The way Scofield says ".......and you're just the man to do it." guts me every time.
It's one of the great political pieces of all time of course ..........in the worst political times in which we live.
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Post by pacinoyes on May 30, 2019 13:44:42 GMT
I've often talked on here about how I'm a sucker for the "unknowing protagonists" - many of my favorite films involve central characters playing a cop/detective/de facto or literal - who think they know it all and of course do not and could not. It's a great device - and actually never gets old: Chinatown, The Conversation, Oldboy, Memento, Spoorloos, Homicide (1991) etc. love them all and how they use this.
This isn't one of my favorite films (though I do like it) but I think about Hackman's Harry Moseby all the time because he sort of stands out. Moseby isn't investigating something shadowy or unknowable - he's investigating something that should be easy and concrete yet is not. In this scene he knows everything because he can deduce it (is he the one you had the fight with?) or through his experience ("they really get to you, don't they?") - he's actually great at it, but these are attributes which do not help him, at all, relative to the actual mystery.
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Post by pacinoyes on May 30, 2019 16:05:40 GMT
I'm posting this also, one of my favorite films and I'll call out several posters who I think may love this film but I don't know if they know it, so a recommendation to them: TerryMontana, Longtallsally, @tyler, HELENA MARIAThis film has a characteristic within plot and performances - that relates to every day life, the power dynamic. The male, Michel Blanc and the female Sandrine Bonnaire act out in their characterizations the shifting power in play in the story - both having that power, and not, in relation to others and themselves and then surrendering it and to it. This remarkable film - lush and beautiful, romantic and sexy and deeply sorrowful has some of the most profound thematic weight I've ever seen in a relatively short film (81 minutes!).
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Post by HELENA MARIA on May 30, 2019 16:15:14 GMT
I'm posting this also, one of my favorite films and I'll call out several posters who I think may love this film but I don't know if they know it, so a recommendation to them: TerryMontana , Longtallsally , @tyler , HELENA MARIA This film has a characteristic within plot and performances - that relates to every day life, the power dynamic. The male, Michel Blanc and the female Sandrine Bonnaire act out in their characterizations the shifting power in play in the story - both having that power, and not, in relation to others and themselves and then surrendering it and to it. This remarkable film - lush and beautiful, romantic and sexy and deeply sorrowful has some of the most profound thematic weight I've ever seen in a relatively short film (81 minutes!). You've actually seen it ??? I'm surprised . I've always felt it was quite an underseen film despite receiving some positive feedback from foreign film critics. Such an excellent movie which made me become a huge admirer of Patrice Leconte's work . Michel Blanc and Sandrine Bonnaire are superb.French title is MONSIEUR HIRE .
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Post by TerryMontana on May 30, 2019 16:54:17 GMT
I'm posting this also, one of my favorite films and I'll call out several posters who I think may love this film but I don't know if they know it, so a recommendation to them: TerryMontana , Longtallsally , @tyler , HELENA MARIA This film has a characteristic within plot and performances - that relates to every day life, the power dynamic. The male, Michel Blanc and the female Sandrine Bonnaire act out in their characterizations the shifting power in play in the story - both having that power, and not, in relation to others and themselves and then surrendering it and to it. This remarkable film - lush and beautiful, romantic and sexy and deeply sorrowful has some of the most profound thematic weight I've ever seen in a relatively short film (81 minutes!). I haven't seen this one!!! I love Leconte's work in so many films (Intimate Strangers, The Girl on the Bridge, The Widow of Saint-Pierre, Man on the Train) but I missed this (and probably a few other gems he's made). I've also watched Michel Blanc in To Catch a Cop (because of Jerry Lewis) and The Monster (because of Benigni) but not Sandrine Bonnaire. I'll definitely check this out and post back...
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 30, 2019 20:53:16 GMT
not sure about 'most often,' but most recently i've been thinking a lot about Michael Dunn's performance in Ship of Fools. couldn't give a damn about the film but Dunn is just magnetic. That warm smile, those intense fiery eyes. This man had soul here's a sweet picture of him on set with Lee Marvin
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 30, 2019 20:59:24 GMT
The speech at the end here, where Scofield argues theoretically that he would give the devil a defense seems to be popping up a lot lately and people have been mentioning it simultaneously to me thinking about it which is weird. Newt Gingrich (?!?!) mentioned it as an example of how the progressive Left can discard civil liberties in the name of a false progressive good.......I thought of it first with that Harvard professor being fired for defending Weinstein. The way Scofield says ".......and you're just the man to do it." guts me every time. Scofield is one of the greatest actors of all time as far as I'm concerned. His work in Quiz Show and The Crucible isn't given the credit it deserves, but I really need to see some of his older stuff. His voice has so much gravitas. It's like he was born to perform.
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Post by stephen on May 30, 2019 21:00:57 GMT
The speech at the end here, where Scofield argues theoretically that he would give the devil a defense seems to be popping up a lot lately and people have been mentioning it simultaneously to me thinking about it which is weird. Newt Gingrich (?!?!) mentioned it as an example of how the progressive Left can discard civil liberties in the name of a false progressive good.......I thought of it first with that Harvard professor being fired for defending Weinstein. The way Scofield says ".......and you're just the man to do it." guts me every time. Scofield is one of the greatest actors of all time as far as I'm concerned. His work in Quiz Show and The Crucible isn't given the credit it deserves, but I really need to see some of his older stuff. His voice has so much gravitas. It's like he was born to perform. If you can track it down, check out his King Lear.
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Post by Longtallsally on May 31, 2019 9:07:26 GMT
I'm posting this also, one of my favorite films and I'll call out several posters who I think may love this film but I don't know if they know it, so a recommendation to them: TerryMontana , Longtallsally , @tyler , HELENA MARIA This film has a characteristic within plot and performances - that relates to every day life, the power dynamic. The male, Michel Blanc and the female Sandrine Bonnaire act out in their characterizations the shifting power in play in the story - both having that power, and not, in relation to others and themselves and then surrendering it and to it. This remarkable film - lush and beautiful, romantic and sexy and deeply sorrowful has some of the most profound thematic weight I've ever seen in a relatively short film (81 minutes!). No, I don‘t know it. I‘ve added it to my watchlist. Thanks for the recommendation.
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Post by TerryMontana on Jun 3, 2019 17:42:43 GMT
I'm posting this also, one of my favorite films and I'll call out several posters who I think may love this film but I don't know if they know it, so a recommendation to them: TerryMontana , Longtallsally , @tyler , HELENA MARIA This film has a characteristic within plot and performances - that relates to every day life, the power dynamic. The male, Michel Blanc and the female Sandrine Bonnaire act out in their characterizations the shifting power in play in the story - both having that power, and not, in relation to others and themselves and then surrendering it and to it. This remarkable film - lush and beautiful, romantic and sexy and deeply sorrowful has some of the most profound thematic weight I've ever seen in a relatively short film (81 minutes!). Just saw this. Beautiful little film!! Bonnaire was fantastic, sexy and innocent or dangerous at times. But the real deal here was Blanc. I always thought the guy was mostly a comic. Here he's presented as a weirdo, kind of scary, almost a pervert and supposedly a killer and turns out to be loving and romantic. I loved the interaction between the two leads, the power play, the feelings they had (or had not) for each other. A solid 8/10 for me and a great recommendation, pacinoyes!!
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