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Post by stephen on May 13, 2022 13:12:07 GMT
I wanna take some time to acknowledge the guys and gals who come in for one scene only and just completely obliterate everyone. The sort of performance that makes you wish the whole movie was about them.
Now yes, I'm sure we'll to the Alec Baldwins and Harriet Sansom Harrises and Christopher Walkens soon, and deservedly so, but I'm gonna kickstart this thread but shouting out Larry Bishop in Kill Bill: Vol. 2. This guy epitomizes sleazy boss energy better than anyone else I can think of. The fact that Tarantino's swan song isn't going to be a whole film devoted to Larry the titty-bar / car-wash owner is why this whole world's going down the drain.
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Post by pacinoyes on May 13, 2022 14:19:47 GMT
Marlon Brando
The Brave
There are several I could name and will get named Mickey Rourke in The Pledge, Bardem in Collateral, even Pacino gently mocking DiCaprio's masculinity in a passing of the torch scene between 2 GOATS level generational Americans in OUATIH - a scene that looked like a throwaway at first but not when you reflect back on it, it's a beautiful scene.
But I'm posting Brando for a couple of reasons. First, when we talk GOATs - there's levels to that shit - Robert Duvall for example is a GOAT, but he ain't Paul Newman who is also a GOAT.......and Paul Newman ain't Brando.
There's at least 3 tiers for just those guys alone - that's why we always argue it - because it's "arguable" .........the difference is I could argue several guys as being close to Duvall, several close to Newman and only 3 Americans close to Brando (DePac, Nicholson).
This scene.......in an unsuccessful aritistically movie, late in his career, that no one would list next to his many big ones is EXACTLY why he's in that rarefied air. He is scary, heartbreaking, inimidating, pathetic, suggesting a whole entire backstory when actors who rip him off never stop to the think of their character's backstory AT ALL. He's also gruesomely funny - and Brando is one of those guys in general often arguably missing much comedy much in his career like my list of "big time acclaimed actors who are missing comedy" - to some extent:
Hopkins / DDL / Clift / Washington / Burton / Duvall etc. and Brando oddly funny too - not haha funny, but unsettlingly funny - ie what is specifically funny is how he interprets this part in total - no one would play this, this way........there's a Rolling Stones song "It's the Singer Not The Song" .........that's what this is .......but in acting
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Post by Martin Stett on May 13, 2022 14:31:45 GMT
I'm gonna throw in one that never gets any respect: Teri Garr in The Conversation. She's not a scene-stealer in any normal sense, but her absence in the rest of the film supplies the loneliness at Harry's core. She may not have a big monologue, but she haunts every minute of the movie.  |
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Post by mhynson27 on May 13, 2022 14:42:08 GMT
Donnie Wahlberg- The Sixth Sense
Leland Orser- Se7en
Martin Scorsese- Taxi Driver
Adrien Brody- Midnight in Paris
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Post by Martin Stett on May 13, 2022 14:49:22 GMT
An underrated one-scene comedic wonder: Liam Dunn in What's Up, Doc? Funniest scene in the movie. "She's your wife and your fiancee?"  Another comic goldmine in two minutes: Stephen "PAN SHOT!" Root.  It is a very long scene, but August Diehl in Inglourious Basterds is great stuff.  |
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Post by pacinoyes on May 13, 2022 14:57:20 GMT
Donald Sutherland
Little Murders
An all-time scene and a hilarious one and if you've never seen it....well..........."That's alright!"
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Post by Nikan on May 13, 2022 16:23:47 GMT
I really liked Morton Lowry in The Picture Of Dorian Gray...   |
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Post by PromNightCarrie on May 13, 2022 16:30:36 GMT
My favorite might have to be Dean Stockwell in Blue Velvet. Talk about making a lasting impression.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 13, 2022 16:43:21 GMT
Lindsay Crouse in The Verdict. My jaw was on the floor  |
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Post by therealcomicman117 on May 13, 2022 16:51:10 GMT
Patrick Stewart's cameo in L.A. Story is hysterical, the deleted John Lithgow scene in the same film is pretty good, too.
Also of course, Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride is a perfect use of him.
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Post by SZilla on May 13, 2022 17:19:00 GMT
Alfred Molina - Boogie Nights
Gary Oldman - True Romance
Ned Beatty - Network
Claire Trevor - Dead End
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on May 13, 2022 17:26:27 GMT
Forrest Whitaker in The Color of Money
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Post by pacinoyes on May 13, 2022 17:31:53 GMT
The best American actor since the 70s class.....probably.........probably......PSH Hard Eight
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Post by stabcaesar on May 14, 2022 8:06:36 GMT
Harry Dean Stanton, The Straight Story
Imelda Staunton, Another Year
Lesley Manville, Mr. Turner
Ned Beatty, Network
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
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Post by JangoB on May 14, 2022 8:16:55 GMT
I'll actually mention the same movie as you but a different person: Michael Parks as Esteban Vihaio. I think Parks and QT achieved exactly the miracle they were hoping for: I genuinely didn't know that it was Parks until I learned so through the credits. Among the definitive brief performances for me:
Another one-scene all-timer for me is Jo Van Fleet in "Cool Hand Luke". An example of how to make a very small appearance in a movie and turn it into something completely unforgettable:
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Post by mhynson27 on May 14, 2022 14:29:36 GMT
Gene Jones in NCFOM
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Post by stephen on May 14, 2022 14:48:27 GMT
Barry Corbin, too. And Kathy Lamkin. Hell, that movie is so chockfull of one-scene wonders. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 31, 2022 2:28:59 GMT
Bardem - Collateral
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Post by rhodoraonline on Oct 31, 2022 2:45:25 GMT
Donald Sutherland - JFK. Another longish scene but he completely floors us (and convinces us).
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Post by getclutch on Oct 31, 2022 23:34:27 GMT
Yeah, many on here dissaprove of the film, Crash. However, David/Fichtner knocked it out of the park for me with their only scene.
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Post by hugobolso on Nov 1, 2022 18:36:57 GMT
Rachel Kempson in out of africa
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