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Post by pupdurcs on Apr 17, 2024 22:02:38 GMT
Of these three actors in big budget English language movies about the life of Napoleon, whom do you think gave the best performance as the French Emperor?
Marlon Brando in Desiree
Rod Steiger in Waterloo
Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon
For me, this isn't even a contest. Steiger fares the best. Brando was miscast as Napoleon, and arguably so was Phoenix.
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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 17, 2024 22:05:32 GMT
Obviously, it's Terry Camilleri
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Post by pupdurcs on Apr 17, 2024 22:07:28 GMT
Obviously, it's Terry Camilleri |
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Post by Nikan on Apr 17, 2024 22:08:25 GMT
Steiger and I haven't even seen his film.
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Post by stephen on Apr 17, 2024 22:11:31 GMT
As much as I appreciate Phoenix playing Napoleon as a sex-crazed little freak, Steiger's the best of these three. Of course, none hold a candle to Albert Dieudonné.
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Post by JangoB on Apr 17, 2024 22:16:00 GMT
Steiger, who was pretty good.
Brando's Napoleon is one of his least remarkable performances. Phoenix's choices are... peculiar, but I think a lot of them work, just not on any kind of incredible level.
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Post by pupdurcs on Apr 17, 2024 22:20:10 GMT
Steiger and I haven't even seen his film.  |
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Post by franklin on Apr 18, 2024 10:32:39 GMT
Phoenix was a wasted opportunity.
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Post by ibbi on Apr 18, 2024 10:44:09 GMT
Of those, Brando wins by default, though that's not saying much. Nobody plays to the back row like Steiger, who at least has his moments.
Second write-in vote for Terry Camilleri though, with an honourable mention to Albert Dieudonne.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 18, 2024 14:12:44 GMT
really loved Herbert Lom in King Vidor's War and Peace
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Apr 18, 2024 14:55:04 GMT
really loved Herbert Lom in King Vidor's War and PeaceTHIS |
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Post by pupdurcs on Apr 18, 2024 20:18:25 GMT
Brilliant scene with Steiger as Napoleon in Waterloo. Steiger really conveys just how this man could have commanded the respect and loyalty of hundreds of thousands of men. That aura never came across with Brando, and not with Phoenix's man-child interpretation of Napoleon.
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Post by cranly on Apr 22, 2024 6:11:02 GMT
Correct answer is rather to skip all three and watch Philippe Torreton in Monsieur N. (2003) and Ian Holm in The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) for something much closer to a definitive Napoleon.
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