The coin-flipping scene in No Country for Old Men with Javier Bardem and Gene Jones. Bardem is amazing, as usual, but Gene Jones is equally as great. I still say Gene Jones should've received an Oscar nod for this four minute scene.
My favorite is not an actor, per se- it's the pause as Secretariat rounds the last turn ---silence then a voice paraphrases Bible: "He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; he does not shy away from the sword. ... In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds." Job 39:22-25: and then the explosive sounds of the horses hooves and the horse comes into view for the race to the finish line to the song O' Happy Day...the scene is masterful. The timing, music, and close-up of the horses head are perfect. When I feel down ...I watch the last 12 minutes of Secretariat for a shot of courage!
The film is ‘It happened in broad daylight’ and the actor is Heinz Ruehmann. He’s normally known for playing lighter roles in lighter films - in this film he gives a really great performance.
Austin Butler as Elvis. He was jaw-droppingly good. His talent reminds me of the great Gary Oldman, equally believable as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy and Beethoven in Immortal Beloved. Though you don't have to play a famous musician to make the list!
DDL’s best performance is in Gangs of NY, but he didn’t win the Oscar that year (tho’ favored) and so that role plays 2nd fiddle for him to Blood. But Blood’s interpretation of religion is simplistic and the movie itself (somewhat) gives way under its political posturing intended to moralize to us now.
The coin-flipping scene in No Country for Old Men with Javier Bardem and Gene Jones. Bardem is amazing, as usual, but Gene Jones is equally as great. I still say Gene Jones should've received an Oscar nod for this four minute scene.
https://youtu.be/ZY0DG8rUnCA?si=P0ph7Q5rE2OaN4wO
My favorite is not an actor, per se- it's the pause as Secretariat rounds the last turn ---silence then a voice paraphrases Bible: "He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; he does not shy away from the sword. ... In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds." Job 39:22-25: and then the explosive sounds of the horses hooves and the horse comes into view for the race to the finish line to the song O' Happy Day...the scene is masterful. The timing, music, and close-up of the horses head are perfect. When I feel down ...I watch the last 12 minutes of Secretariat for a shot of courage!
Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday
di caprio was amazing in what's eating Gilbert Grape.
Phoebe Cates in Fast Times…just kidding.
Paul Newman was excellent in The Verdict.
Ellen Burstyn in "Resurrection" (1980)
The film is ‘It happened in broad daylight’ and the actor is Heinz Ruehmann. He’s normally known for playing lighter roles in lighter films - in this film he gives a really great performance.
Screenplay is by Dürrenmatt.
Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises is quite astonishing, the role itself is so complex and his portrayal is magnetic.
I’d also nominate Jeremy Irons as the twins in Dead Ringers - just brilliant!
And (just one more!) Michael Fassbender in Hunger.
Austin Butler as Elvis. He was jaw-droppingly good. His talent reminds me of the great Gary Oldman, equally believable as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy and Beethoven in Immortal Beloved. Though you don't have to play a famous musician to make the list!
Not to mention Gary Oldman as (playwright) Joe Orton and Winston Churchill! He’s a chameleon genius.
DDL’s best performance is in Gangs of NY, but he didn’t win the Oscar that year (tho’ favored) and so that role plays 2nd fiddle for him to Blood. But Blood’s interpretation of religion is simplistic and the movie itself (somewhat) gives way under its political posturing intended to moralize to us now.