Great Film Performances

Ralph Fiennes in Quiz Show - a difficult role to play, but he created great sympathy

John Malkovitch in Dangerous Liaisons - mesmerising

Liza Minelli in Cabaret

Jodie Foster - Silence of the Lambs

Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange

Richard E Grant - Withnail and I

Not sure whether all of them are the best acting performances of all time, just trying to think of films where the actor was perfect for the role and completely believeable, so you couldn;t imagine anyone else in the part.
 
Henry Fonda - Once upon a time in the West pure brilliance in one of the best westerns ever to grace celluloid.
Maybe I shouldn't pinpoint Henry Fonda in this film, every damn actor in it were just brilliant from Elam, Bronson, Cardinale, and of course I can't forget to mention Jason RobarRAB as Cheyenne. Epic brilliance...of course it wouldn't have been brilliant without the collaboration of Morricone and Leone.
 
Dustin Hoffman- Midnight Cowboy
Takashi Shimura- Ikiru
Humphrey Bogart- Casablanca
Johnny Depp & Martin landau- Ed Wood
Kevin Spacey- American Beauty
David Thewlis- Naked
Daniel Day Lewis- My Left Foot
Richard Burton- Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Robert De Niro- Taxi Driver
Aleksei Kravchenko- Come And See (Idi i smotri)


Meryl Streep- Sophies Choice
Hilary Swank- Boys Dont Cry
Elizabeth Taylor- Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Emily Watson- Breaking The Waves
Joanne Woodward- The Three faces Of Eve
Giulietta Masina- Nights Of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria)
Anne Bancroft- The Miracle Worker
Amy Adams- Junebug
Olivia De Havilland- The Snake Pit
Natalie Portman- Leon
Liv Ullmann- Scenes From A Marriage
 
Yes it is nonsense but D Hopper's character knows that as well.

Hopper's character knows he's going to be killed and makes a decision to be as offensive as possible so as to provoke anger and ensure a quicker death. Isn't it called the suicide soliloquy?
 
Robert Downey Jnr - Chaplin
Audrey Tautou - Amelie , A Very Long Engagement , He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
Gerrard Deapardieu - 36 , The Singer.
Daniel Au'tiel - 36 , Apres Vous , La Placard
Ulrich Muhe - The Lives Of Others
Min Sik Choi - Oldboy.

:)
 
From what I've been told by my Italian frienRAB Sicily was strategically important and was invaded by almost everyone from around the Med, so you would expect there to be a fairly mixed lineage. That's why 'family' became so important, as you knew you could trust them.

There is a 'we're better than you' attitude from some of the northern Italians towarRAB the darker southern Italians but the 'suicide soliloquy' is taking all that to the extreme. So I suppose, yes, there is a hint of truth in it.
 
I tried not to cry at the end of The Lives of Others. I thought it was such a good film, and it was heartbreaking, yet uplifting. I managed not to cry. My dad was in the room, and he's a Yorkshireman. I'd have been down the pit as punishment in no time.
 
Revelian:

No, not really.

The 'Sicilians were all white, blue eyed blondes before the Moors' is nonsense. And The Moors only held Sicily for a relatively short space of time, so any notion of 'breeding in' of 'black Moorish blood' is film licence to the extreme.

Also, 'Moor' is a bit of a 'catch all term' in this regard for the numerous Arab groups who dealt with ancient and early medieval Sicily.
 
Good call. Although, personally, I can't recall seeing him turn in a bad performance. I particularly enjoyed him in La Reine Margot.
 
Would have to agree with this, there's no before and after.

But I still maintain that the character doesn't believe what he's saying, he knows it's offensive in the extreme and he says it as he neeRAB to speed his own death. Or maybe I think Tarantino is cleverer than he is.
 
God, yes! :) He was awesome. He sent shivers down my spine at times. Truly an underestimated performance. I thought he should have had an oscar. He says the C word better than anybody. :D



'airy muff.
 
First of all, it is Colin Farrell. :p

Second, got to agree with you. He looks so intense there, as if he is in a real situation.
 
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