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Post by JangoB on May 8, 2024 15:58:01 GMT
Anthony Perkins in Crimes of Passion is one of the greatest unhinged performances I've seen. You know, that man is some kind of psycho!
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on May 11, 2024 4:34:51 GMT
Daniel Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father – rewatchFinally rounded off my trio of GOAT-actor April birthday viewings with this. I’ve seen this movie a few times, and I’ve always thought DDL was great in it, though I used to rank several of his other performances above it... but over time I’ve come to admire this performance more and more, and now I’d put it in his top 3. Maybe the loosest of his great performances, I love how it sometimes feels improvised - like not only the great scene that’s often discussed on here where he speaks gibberish to his dad when they’re first in the prison cell together, but also the moment late in the film where he has the tape wrapped around his head and is totally unhinged. Overall, it’s an impressively physical performance, and it’s his physicality that initially makes him convincing as this immature, youthful punk, along with his child-like playfulness and anger. From there, he arcs the character beautifully - going from someone who’s like a scared, shaken little kid to a cynical rebel later on, and finally evolving into a more mature, self-assured, driven and focused man with nothing more to lose by the end. And of course a lot of what’s great about DDL in this film is his interaction with Postlethwaite – acting early on like a chagrined child scolded by a parent, alternately conveying annoyance and contempt as someone who can’t help but feel like a failure in his father’s eyes, but also the warmth and love of a loyal son during later intimate scenes... together they create a believable parent/adult child dynamic that’s painfully resonant.
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