Sneelock
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Post by Sneelock on Apr 2, 2020 16:45:54 GMT
Al sure can chew the wallpaper but, when the style of the film seems suited to this, it's SUCH a pleasure to behold. I took three wall paper chewers: Dog Day, Scarface & ..Justice. I love watching the guy break a sweat. Having said that, he's still a good brooder too. the Godfathers and Glenngarry show this side of him. it's very good acting but not nearly as much fun as watching him pop a blood vessel.
personally, I think he overdoes it in some of his more acclaimed performances but consider the source. I think he's amazing in "Scarface" None of my problems with that movie have to do with his billboard sized performance. in fact, I think it's the movie's highlight.
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Al!
Apr 2, 2020 16:50:22 GMT
Post by Sneelock on Apr 2, 2020 16:50:22 GMT
oh, I forgot to mention "Angels in America" he plays Roy Cohn in Mike Nichols star-studded HBO adaptation and I think Al really gives it a lot of it's punch. I think it's a brilliant performance!
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Post by tory on Apr 2, 2020 18:27:55 GMT
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Al!
Apr 25, 2020 11:00:59 GMT
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Post by Crunchy Col on Apr 25, 2020 11:00:59 GMT
80 today!
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Al!
Apr 25, 2020 15:12:13 GMT
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Post by daveythefatboy on Apr 25, 2020 15:12:13 GMT
I have a theory...
I think that sometime in the 80s, all of the great post-Brando actors heard somebody say something to the effect of, ‘naturalism is a cop out.’ Because they all seemingly abandoned it at the same time - instead chasing something kind of big, breathtaking and operatic in their performances.
Think of how many folks made this shift...
Pacino, De Niro, Nicholson, Hoffman, Voight, Finney. You could debate whether Duvall and Hackman did - but I think they did. They also carried some third-wavers like Sean Penn on that wave (it is less clear that many of our great actresses followed suit). If my theory is correct - nobody committed to it like Pacino. He’s been completely fearless about it.
Me? I think I prefer naturalism. I get the criticism that it can be indulgent. But the power of Pacino’s early work was that he’d simmer and then boil over. Now it is mostly all boil.
I still think he’s great. He’s clearly an actor of amazing skill and power. But I do wish he’d work less hard. Donnie Brasco and Glengarry Glen Ross are good later-career examples of him still at his best.
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