Best Scene: The test.
4. Shailen Mukherjee in Charulata - Mukherjee gives an effective portrayal of a mistaken though good husband, and a moving depiction of the man figuring out then trying to amend his mistakes.
Best Scene: Figuring it out.
3. David Tomlinson in Mary Poppins - Tomlinson gives the most mature aspect of the film, while an entertaining portrayal of English properness, also a moving portrayal of a man figuring out what is most important in life.
Best Scene: A long walk to the bank.
2. Christopher Plummer in The Fall of the Roman Empire - Plummer is the properly entertaining mad emperor you'd expect, but with the right nuance to create depth as the son who was always a disappointment in his father's eyes.
Best Scene: Hearing the truth of his parentage.
1. Hume Cronyn in Hamlet - Cronyn gives a masterclass in not only how to make Shakespeare seem as fresh as possible, but how to make the create greatness out of a good, but traditionally not great, role.
Best Scene: With Hamlet in the library.
Next: 2000 Lead
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Louis: Alan Bates in The Caretaker is missing.
Ratings and thoughts on the rest of the supporting performances with a 3.5 or higher.
Your final Female Lead and Supporting top 20s with ratings.
Lee/Song
EchevarrÃa
Lavant
Sol
Cusack
Louis: And ratings & thoughts on the 5 lead performances you watched during supporting.
Didn't expect the Shermans beating Morricone.
Whatever requests there are, plus
John Cusack in High Fidelity
Ethan Hawke in Hamlet (didn't work for me, but it's a unique take nonetheless)
Denis Lavant in Beau Travail
Louis: I think Emi requested Sol not that long ago.
John Cusack - High Fidelity
Denis Lavant - Beau Travail
Sean Connery - Finding-Forrester
Byung-hun Lee - Joint Security Area
Tony Leung Chiu Wai - The Mood For Love
Bonus:
Rodrigo Santoro - Brainstorm
Matheus Nachtergaele and Selton Mello - A Dog's Will
The leading men of JSA, Denis Lavant in Beau Travail.
Would also like to see a review of Leung but if there’s a performance I’d prefer to have a re-evaluation review, I’d much rather it be Happy Together.
Also for film recs: Dancer in the Dark, and Yi Yi.
Louis: Your rating and thoughts on:
Mitchum, Van Dyke, Newman, Martin and Kelly in What a Way to Go
Garner, Coburn and Douglas in The Americanization of Emily
Ford in Dear Heart
Kennedy in Cheyenne Autumn
On the topic of 2000, I watched Gangster No. 1. I kinda think Malcolm McDowell is lead?
Like, I get the argument for him in supporting, but I don't know.
John Cusack
Denis Lavant
Sol Kyung-Gu
Wow Anthony Franciosa got a decent rating for Rio Conchos, lol the gift that keeps on giving.
Yeah, I believe I did so back in Anthony Quinn's review for Lion in the Desert.
Louis: Is your category placement for Beale and Buscemi in Death of Stalin final.
RIP Jean-Paul Belmondo
RIP Jean-Paul Belmondo
RIP Jean-Paul Belmondo
Rip Jean-Pal Belmondo
R.I.P. Jean-Paul Belmondo and Michael K. Williams
That is absolutely heartbreaking, RIP Michael K. Williams
RIP Michael K. Williams
RIP Michael K. Williams.
RIP Michael K. Williams. Horrible news.
Aww, damn. RIP to the always terrific Michael K. Williams.
Damon Wayans in Bamboozled
John Cusack in High Fidelity
Denis Lavant in Beau Travail
Sean Connery in Finding Forrester
Jason Statham in Snatch
R.I.P Jean-Paul Belmondo
R.I.P Michael K. Williams
Louis: could Jamie Bell go up for Billy Elliot?
RIP Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Michael K. Williams. This hurts.
R.I.P. Jean-Paul Belmondo
R.I.P. Michael K. Williams
Really terrible to hear.
Luke:
Lead:
1. Madhabi Mukherjee - Charulata - 5
2. Kim Stanley - Seance on a Wet Afternoon
3. Nobuko Otowa - Onibaba - 4.5
4. Anne Bancroft - The Pumpkin Eater
5. Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
6. Hideko Takamine - Yearning
7. Rita Tushingham - Girl With Green Eyes - 4.5
8. Deborah Kerr - The Chalk Garden
9. Stefanida Sandrelli - Seduced and Abandoned
10. Jeanne Moreau - Diary of a Chambermaid - 4.5
11. Nina Pens Rode - Gertrud - 4.5
12. Catherine Deneuve - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
13. Sophia Loren - Marriage, Italian Style - 4
14. Geraldine Page - Dear Heart - 4
15. Jitsuko Yoshimura - Onibaba
16. Barbara Barrie - One Potato, Two Potato
17. Melina Mercouri - Topkapi - 4
18. Monica Vitti - Red Desert
19. Julie Andrews - The Americanization of Emily - 4
20. Tippi Hedren - Marnie - 4
Supporting:
1. Lilia Kedrova - Zorba The Greek
2. Anne Vernon - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - 5
3. Kyoko Kishida - Woman in the Dunes
4. Olivia DeHavilland - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
5. Francoise Lugagne - Diary of a Chambermaid - 4.5
6. Ava Gardner - The Night of the Iguana
7. Anastasiya Vertinskaya - Hamlet
8. Flora Robson - Guns at Batasi
9. Leslie Caron - Mother Goose - 4
10. Nelly Bendetti - The Soft Skin - 4
11. Pamela Franklin - The Third Secret
12. Abbey Lincoln - Nothing But a Man
13. Edith Evans - The Chalk Garden
14. Mereille Perry - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
15. Mariko Kaga - Pale Flower - 4
16. Lynn Redgrave - Girl With Green Eyes - 4
17. Keiko Kishi - Kwaidan - 4
18. Ava Gardner - Seven Days in May
19. Honor Blackman - Goldfinger
20. Agnes Moorehead - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Morricone will just have to live with his 6 wins (without having gotten to 86 or counting his song win at the moment), but as much as I love that score, Poppins's score really stood out for me on re-watch, particularly the texture of it, and just how many memorable, if not iconic, melodies are featured.
Ikebe - 4.5(Although I wish the film was *a little* better particularly with its extremely catching opening, Ikebe delivers an effective performance in creating this state of initial cynicism that determines much of his performance. He keeps it as this under riding quality of his gangster. This as he visits charm, and even perhaps other hopes, but always returns to this state of the man who believes in the world in rather vile terms. It is a striking performance and creates a real sense of a man whose has really lost any beliefs in mankind, but is still challenged.)
Kayama - 4(Always a challenge to play the perpetually angry type, particularly when you're the secondary lead. Kayama though gives a lot of effort into his performance though to create a sense of this to point that he's not completely unlikable. I'd say he's still unlikable to an extent, but he manages to realize earnestly these qualities as the state of frustration. This with just enough of a hint of a real charm in his main romantic interactions, and showing though the way his frustrations even seem to get in the way of that.)
Desailly - 4(This one is actually a weird film where I found myself quite invested in the story of this affair, then at a random point I kind of dropped any interest. I don't think it's Desailly's fault however who manages to find the right intellectual charm, while also conveying the state of domestic boredom. This in initially finding the complications in the man, though I guess these fade in a sense as he just becomes frustrated with everything. It is a good performance though to be sure on its own terms, even if I stopped caring about his character much like the film.)
Boone - (Between this film and Hostiles there must be a great film in this general story, sadly neither film quite finds it. Boone though at times gives a striking turn in portraying the rotted state of a man defined by his hate and vengeance. He doesn't quite manage to keep to this arc though wholly, and his intensity is lost too often I feel. He is still overall compelling but his arc doesn't quite come together.)
Finch - 4(A rather interesting performance though I didn't review him because he's missing kind of a final scene, purposefully, but nonetheless. Finch either way though manages the role in creating the sense of the man both kind of living out a slight fantasy of sorts while also being earnest in his hopes in the interactions. He manages to balance to not be a creep, but also not be entirely with the affair either. Striking the right note of uncertainty really for Tushingham to work off of honestly.)
Sato - 4(An effective performance as he's not really all that charming even though he becomes the point of jealously. Rather he makes for an effective sleaze who just is enjoying every moment of his questionable life and even more questionable way of playing the two women for saps. Sato never really hides this rather effectively just playing a lusty and terrible kind of figure of obsession.)
Stewart - 4(Just comes in, for no real reason, to just be in charge and charm around for a bit as Wyatt Earp. Stewart does that to be sure and his star charisma is present as ever. There is no reason for him to be in the film, but honestly I thought he was the best part of it nonetheless as I enjoyed his short film more than the main film. Stewart is the reason why, and just another strong performance from him.)
Mills - 4(Shame his daughter couldn't quite grasp the material as well as he did in a less important part. Mills gives just the right tone to the material in creating this sort of quietly mentoring state of a man who keeps his distance but helps as he can. Mills walking through some emotional moments quite effectively and quickly, though naturally as this man who tends to keep to himself.)
Nakadai - 4(Just effectively earnest work from him creating the right haunting quality by so naturally showing a normal man react to the supernatural occurrences that come into his life.)
Franciosa - 3.5(Perhaps he was just terrible in his banner breakout year? This as even doing the Hollywood Mexican routine, he's actually pretty good here and the most interesting part of the film. Bringing out genuine charisma in his character in showing the right sort of unwieldy energy of a man you can never be quite sure of, though he can be sure of his capability. It is actually a shame when he exits as his portrayal of a specific kind of amorality is the most interesting part of the film.)
Jones - 3.5(Wish they had pushed his story a little harder as really found what he did do with it quite moving. This in portraying the frustration but also genuine heart in the man who struggles to love what his son has done, yet will do his best to defend him. It is a moving performance, even just his reactionary moments later on, and wish there was more of it.)
Howard - 3.5(His random asides of frustration are hilarious. Especially the rather notable mocking of the film trope of sucking out the venom of the snake bite victim.)
Dyke, Mitchum, Kelly, Newman, Martin - (All are basically working with a joke, in a film that purposefully repeats a singular joke. Dyke is probably the most fun as the bumpkin who becomes a driver huxter, Mitchum is fun just seeing him bring his bravado to a joke, Kelly's energy work for it, Martin does a funny brief pompous bit off-set by the opposite. Newman is actually the weak link, just as he seems ill-fitting to his part as the starving artist type, though he's not bad.)
Coburn - 3.5(Coburn is quite funny in being quite blunt in all his deliveries towards Garner and effectively presenting a man just having enough, though in an overtly comedic way which he delivers quite well.)
O'Connell - 3.5(Actually manages to go from robber baron to caring man somewhat effectively. Particularly in his snake scene, where his reactions do more in the villain role then you'd really expect him to do.)
Mikuni - 3.5(A quick bit mostly but his final reactions are quite striking to say the least.)
8000's:
Douglas - (Does a fine rendition of portraying a man completely out of it, but so pompously out of it. Repetitious but effective in that repetition.)
Kennedy - (Overshadowed wholesale by Stewart, though just fine in being off to the side of him.)
I believe I gave my thoughts on Ford.
Matt:
I mean my own personal argument has been just that other old men reflecting on their past, that mostly plays out in the past, we usually deign supporting. He has a little more than some in that role, but it is mostly that.
Tahmeed:
No, but I'm fairly comfortable with it due to all the the other bits that do take over the film temporarily, like the Considine opening.
Lucas:
Probably not.
Does anyone here have any Letterboxd accounts? I found Calvin's, so I'm curious who else has one. Here's mine:
https://letterboxd.com/htt/
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