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Post by Lubezki on Nov 23, 2017 20:54:36 GMT
What say you?
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Post by FrancescoAbides on Nov 23, 2017 21:14:03 GMT
Good question. I mean, there's Bale (as Batman), Katie Holmes and Cotillard in the Batman movies but besides that, Nolan is a pretty solid actors' director. Ledger in The Dark Knight is an all-time great performance (altough in this case, the actor had more artistic merit than Nolan himself, which pretty much cost his own life). Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar and Guy Pearce in Memento are also amazing in their respective films, there are so many fine performances under Nolan's direction. So my answer is "Yes".
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Nov 23, 2017 22:32:15 GMT
Ledger in The Dark Knight is an all-time great performance (altough in this case, the actor had more artistic merit than Nolan himself, which pretty much cost his own life). There's nothing to indicate Ledger's method for the Joker had anything to do with his death. |
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Post by pendragon on Nov 23, 2017 22:52:13 GMT
It's one thing he never really gets enough credit for.
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Post by FrancescoAbides on Nov 23, 2017 23:28:54 GMT
Ledger in The Dark Knight is an all-time great performance (altough in this case, the actor had more artistic merit than Nolan himself, which pretty much cost his own life). There's nothing to indicate Ledger's method for the Joker had anything to do with his death. Yeah I might be kinda biased after reading some theories though. But it sure was an intense method acting from him. I shall replace "pretty much" with "possibly". |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Nov 24, 2017 2:40:31 GMT
Ledger in The Dark Knight is an all-time great performance (altough in this case, the actor had more artistic merit than Nolan himself, which pretty much cost his own life). There's nothing to indicate Ledger's method for the Joker had anything to do with his death. I always assume that every "method" story you hear is 10% fact and 90% embellishment of said fact. |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 24, 2017 2:51:15 GMT
With his dialogue? Fuck no
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Post by tastytomatoes on Nov 24, 2017 13:36:01 GMT
With his dialogue? fucking yes.
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Post by FrancescoAbides on Nov 24, 2017 14:07:20 GMT
There's nothing to indicate Ledger's method for the Joker had anything to do with his death. I always assume that every "method" story you hear is 10% fact and 90% embellishment of said fact. Damn right, except probably in DDL's case, because that man pushes the boundaries of what "acting" means. I guess in Ledger's case those stories/theories add some "darkness" and "mistery" to his work, since we're talking about a towering performance that he was able to give before his death. There's so much discussion surrounding his work in the film that makes his performance even more iconic. |
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Post by jakesully on Nov 26, 2017 0:45:26 GMT
Yay. As mentioned in this thread, he really doesn't get enough credit for it.
On a side note, I am very anxious to know what Nolan has up his sleeve for his next film. I would kill for him to direct a modern day hard R British gangster film starring Tom Hardy .
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Post by Zeb31 on Nov 26, 2017 18:25:05 GMT
He's generally good, yeah, but I'd say it depends on the quality of the writing he gives his casts to work with. If it's a well-written part, it'll be executed beautifully (and Ledger's all-time great work is evidence of that), but when his scripts falter, the struggle becomes a lot more apparent. That's why you'll get Anne Hathaway pulling off a sensational Selina Kyle in one film and then wrestling with "love is the only thing that transcends space and time" in the next. Or McConaughey/Chastain/Affleck moving you to tears during the video logs scene in Interstellar, followed by the unintentional hilarity of "it's not possible, it's necessary" and "EUREKA!". Or simply put, Marion Cotillard's pre- and post-twist scenes in TDKR.
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Post by countjohn on Nov 29, 2017 23:13:27 GMT
Ledger in The Dark Knight is an all-time great performance (altough in this case, the actor had more artistic merit than Nolan himself, which pretty much cost his own life). There's nothing to indicate Ledger's method for the Joker had anything to do with his death. Didn't he comment while he was alive that the role was causing him sleep difficulties? Then he died from mixing sleeping pills with other medication presumably by mistake. I don't know that I'd say the "performance" killed him or whatever, but he probably would not have died had he not done the movie. |
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Post by FrancescoAbides on Nov 29, 2017 23:15:39 GMT
There's nothing to indicate Ledger's method for the Joker had anything to do with his death. Didn't he comment while he was alive that the role was causing him sleep difficulties? Then he died from mixing sleeping pills with other medication presumably by mistake. I don't know that I'd say the "performance" killed him or whatever, but he probably would not have died had he not done the movie. Exactly, hence the speculation and the theories |
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Nov 29, 2017 23:47:46 GMT
There's nothing to indicate Ledger's method for the Joker had anything to do with his death. Didn't he comment while he was alive that the role was causing him sleep difficulties? Then he died from mixing sleeping pills with other medication presumably by mistake. I don't know that I'd say the "performance" killed him or whatever, but he probably would not have died had he not done the movie. Couldn't find anything of him saying the role specifically caused him to have sleep difficulties. According to his family, he had trouble sleeping for years. |
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Post by tobias on Nov 30, 2017 15:15:33 GMT
Hell, no. He's lucky that he usually has some good actors.With Nolan I always feel like the main emotional conflicts of the characters are underexplored and the actors lack strong guidance. He is rather mechanical in that respect, his images or ideas tend to be more emotional. Definitely not his strong side at all. The performances in his films tend to be at least ok, though, even ranging to great (Ledger) but as I indicated earlier, I would credit the actors for that. Mario Bava also had a few superb performances in his films but he was a horrendous director of actors. Try watching The Whip and The Body. It has Christopher Lee giving a tremendous performance and meanwhile his female counterpart is horrendous. I'm not saying Nolan is this bad ofc, this is just my goto example of actors pulling it off themselves.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 15:25:15 GMT
Nolan's films aren't necessarily actor's films, but they get the freedom to do whatever the fuck they want to with their roles so long as it isn't a completely different character they start dealing with. Nolan isn't an actor's director, but he gives them a proper chance to show what they can do on their own, given a storyline. That's one of the more decent parts of his films, since he doesn't really direct them, demanding a specific performance. One of his more respectable parts.
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Post by tastytomatoes on Nov 30, 2017 16:09:21 GMT
Nolan isn't the director who gives you an acting Oscar. But looking back, his movies feature some of the best performances of the actors Memento - Guy Pearce Insomnia - Al Pacino (finest in recent decade(s)) Insomnia - Robin Williams (didn't see that coming) The Prestige - Hugh Jackman (great) The Prestige - Christian Bale (great) The Prestige - Rebecca Hall (phenomenal performance) Batman Begins - Cillian Murphy The Dark Knight - Heath Ledger The Dark Knight - Aaron Eckhart (wow) The Dark Knight Rises - Tom Hardy TDK Trilogy - Christian Bale TDK Trilogy - Michael Caine  TDK Trilogy - Gary Oldman (one of his bests) Inception - Marion Cottilard Inception - Cillain Murphy Inception - Love Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Hardy here Interstellar - Matthew McConaughey (no Oscar, alright alright alright) Interstellar - Jessica Chastain Interstellar - Anne Hathaway Interstellar - Mackenzie Foy (surprise) Interstellar - David Gyasi (breakout performance, especially when he met his crew after Miller's planet...) Interstellar - Matt Damon Dunkirk - Mark Rylance did I miss anyone? HM: So happy to see Ellen Burstyn in Interstellar |
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