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BrufordFreak 
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 Posted: September 01 2023 at 06:58 |
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^No! Greg! Why is it so hard to separate the art from the artist? How do you feel about the music of Mozart or Tchaikovsky or Wagner or the art of Da Vinci or Picasso or Van Gogh or the writings of Geothe, Kant, Salinger, or Heinlein or the athleticism of Novak Djokovic. Each and every artist may possess habits or views that might "creep us out" but somehow we still celebrate, study, and admire their art. As an artist/entertainer, I think Tom Cruise is quite talented and quite consistent.
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Logan
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Posted: August 31 2023 at 18:29 |
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Of the American immigrant actors, Tommy Wiseau is horribly underappreciated.
I have enjoyed all four of these very much, and hard to pick one. Maybe Gary Oldman if push came to shove. No, I am going with Billy Bob Thornton for his character in Fargo (I love that first season). Anthony Hopkins is another particular favourite of mine, as well as David Thewlis, and John Lithgow. And Colin Farrell, and Peter Capaldi. So many great and entertaining actors both male and female. Big fan of Charlotte Rampling. She was wonderful in Zardoz.  Tom Cruise was mentioned but he creeps me out. |
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moshkito
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Posted: August 31 2023 at 10:29 |
Hi, I was going to add her name to the French folks ... as soon as we got around to doing this about women!
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richardh
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Posted: August 31 2023 at 10:10 |
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^ you could probably include Charlotte Rampling in both English and French lists!
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moshkito
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Posted: August 31 2023 at 08:12 |
Hi, English/European film has a lot of well known actresses that have made a lot of history. I especially like a few of them: Glenda Jackson, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave and her sister, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Julie Christie, Sarah Miles, Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, Natasha Richardson, Diana Rigg, Judi Dench ... just to name a few and I did not even get to halfway on my list of English/British films! I thought about adding the French as well, where some women are ... outstanding as well! |
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Posted: August 31 2023 at 06:19 |
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I find Meryl Streep to be pretty good. (
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richardh
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Posted: August 30 2023 at 22:43 |
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This a very male dominated thread to say the least! Maybe worth a separate list but I enjoy Jennifer Jason Leigh's performances in Dolores Claybourne, Single White Female and The Hateful 8. Always very interested when anything crops up with her in but seems very rare nowadays. Olivia Coleman and Reece Witherspoon are also generally great in anything they appear in. Others?
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I, too, revere (and vote for) Daniel Day-Lewis. Even his early stuff (My Beautiful Launderette and Room With a View) were amazing. And no one's mentioned his amazing performances in In the Name of the Father, Phantom Thread, The Boxer and The Last of the Mohicans .
I love Richard's suggestions of Kevin Spacey and Anthony Hopkins but their films haven't always reached the heights and performances haven't always been as consistent as those of the others mentioned. I think Samuel L. Jackson and Tom Cruise are worth mentioning: the former always seems to command your attention when he's on the screen and the latter is much better than people give him credit (Rain Man, Born on The Fourth of July, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire, Magnolia, The Last Samurai, Vanilla Sky, The Minority Report, Collateral, and even the Mission Impossible series all exhibit highly skilled performances.) But then, you almost have to love action films or the Marvel Universe/superhero movies to give either of them a nod. And then there's Robert Duvall and Jeff Bridges . . . Edited by BrufordFreak - August 30 2023 at 07:12 |
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richardh
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Posted: August 29 2023 at 20:13 |
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In general I love Billy Bob Thornton's work including the wonderful TV series Goliath where he played a lawyer representing the underdog against big corporations. He is very likeable and easy to empathasise with his characters. He also totally gorgeous and I say that as a totally heterosexual man!
If the criteria was slightly different I might vote Ralph Fiennes just for Schindlers List. Never seen a better more believable potrayal of a psychopath including even Spacey's performance in Seven and Hopkins in Silence Of The Lambs. He is also very likeable in his many other roles. Daniel Day Lewis as mentioned had done some great work but his films don't really grab me and I couldn't get all the way through Lincoln but perhaps thats because i'm a Brit! Love Gary Oldman's recent TV work in Slow Horses (watch it if you get a chance) but again like DDL I'm not a great fan of his films. I also think he is more of a character actor. However I've not yet seen Darkest Hour so probably should reserve judgement.
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Posted: August 29 2023 at 10:19 |
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Four great actors indeed, but the one who has most impressed me - and really impressed me - because of his acting is Daniel Day-Lewis. Already in My Left Foot and The Unbearable Lightness of Being, but especially in There Will Be Blood and The Gangs of New York, a.o...
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moshkito
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Posted: August 29 2023 at 08:46 |
Hi, "Intensity" is a very strong part of the English Theater and its forays into experimental material through the National Theater and Royal Shakespeare Company, for nearly 60 years. Even though DDL is not from there, he understood the lessons well, and his taking things seriously and to what has been believed as an extreme, has rewarded him well in his life, with the Oscars, because few folks can stand up to that intensity. But, remember, one moment in American Acting history that made THE ACTING STUDIO famous and also brought out a large number of actors with it, many of whom also did a massive amount of film. By the time you heard Marlon Brando scream STEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAA, you knew right away that the world heard it ... and it did not take long for many in England to get the drift and take it on ... American Theater, however, was not as well represented in writing as the English had been for many years, thus, the American Theater suffered, while Hollywood stole that flame. It's difficult deciding which of all those is the better/best of them, since many are very strong and in the subtle of ways, sometimes hardly recognized. Reminds me of one film I saw all the way to the end, and wondered who that person was doing that maid ... and she was really good ... and it runs out that it was Meg Ryan, and you would never have guessed it ... and that is when you know you have something special on hand. Obviously DDL fits in a different scale, but at the very least no one can say that they were cheated by that actor. It was strong, and then some!
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Posted: August 29 2023 at 08:21 |
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Daniel Day Lewis. He is a strange person. He has not always acted and for a few years he retired from Hollyowood and worked in a shop in Italy!!! Then he went back to acting. And now he has retired at a young age. All in all, he has acted in few films but has won 3 Oscars: three!!!
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Of the four, Oldman is the one I know the best, so voted accordingly. I need to see more films of the other three. I understand Day-Lewis takes method acting to extremes and I need to see more of his work. I was rolling down the hill and got passed by a swarm of olives.
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Posted: August 28 2023 at 20:15 |
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Posted: August 28 2023 at 13:51 |
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Oldman.
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Posted: August 28 2023 at 13:25 |
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Four actours whom both through reading reviews, coment sections, poll results, these four or at last Billy, Daniel and Gary usually wins, i throw in Ralph as I always enjoys hes portrail of characters, both fictional and real life. These are fine actors of flair and elegance, but also a hint of normalcy.
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