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No film has had three better actors?

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semuta

In Reply to: RE: "Stalker:" no film ever has had three better actors. Still, with posted by tinear on April 04, 2011 at 13:31:07

well, for starters, the Godfather: Brando, Pacino, Duvall, Caan, and Cazale. Throw in Part II and you can add DeNiro. There's five in one film.

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'Julius Caesar' Brando, Mason, Gielgud. * - Tony D. 17:18:23 04/05/11 (0)
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Brando alone compares. The Hollywood and American Public acting preference is for - tinear 12:10:24 04/05/11 (3)
LARGE emotions writ LARGER than life. This is quite the opposite of "realism." The European/Russian style could be summarized, "less is more."
It's the Corvette vs E-type.
Muscle car vs Lotus.
Lincoln vs Mercedes.
Las Vegas vs Paris (!).
- Yes and no... - semuta 16:24:19 04/05/11 (0)
  Pacino in the last 20 years yes, but certainly not in the Godfather. His acting was subtle yet intense. ditto Brando. ditto Duval. ditto Cazale. Caan was wild in the film, as befitted the role. I am referring to a specific film, not the industry in general.
- Less is more... the RUSSIAN way - Victor Khomenko 13:30:32 04/05/11 (1)
  The caption has simple meaning, can you get it?
  - I like it. THIS is what those guys at Stalingrad must have been motivated by. nt - tinear 20:27:29 04/05/11 (0)
    fsda
1 Pacino = .654 Solonitsyn - that's the official exchange rate - Victor Khomenko 07:33:05 04/05/11 (3)
This data is hard to find, but it exists.
- :-). The naturalness and intelligence of those three is astonishing. It's as if - tinear 12:05:11 04/05/11 (2)
  the Pacino, DeNiro, and Duval guys were beginners in comparison.
  The key to acting is presence, i.e. one cannot act "substance."
  Like the actors chosen by Tarr, Tarkovsky's choices erase the separation of observer and observed.
  - They are actors as opposed to stars - Victor Khomenko 13:26:56 04/05/11 (1)
    This subject has been discussed before, of the three in your current post only Duval is an actor, in the true sense of the word. Pacino is a caricature star, I am surprised many still like him. The Russian acting school is decidedly continental, of the three main actors in Stalker perhaps only Alisa has some stardom element, she was a prima donna, but still could act.
    
    Another great Russian actress, limiting ourselves to Tarkovsky's work, is Terekhova, seen in his Mirror.
    - Duvall's been terrible for years. The man who elevated, "True Confessions," and "Lonesome - tinear 08:09:55 04/06/11 (0)
      Dove" was the anomaly. The Pacino-style overactor of "The Apostle" and pretty much every other role since is the "real" Bobby. In other words, if there's a sprig about, he'll chew on it.
      American acting has "evolved" to the point wherein actors search for the defining moment in the script (nicely provided by screenwriters who know who makes decisions) or else they invent it: a few minutes when they can go red in the face, bulge a few neck veins, and "act."
      You know how it is painful to see a child's behavior change when it knows it has an audience? Same with bad actors. Everything is exaggerated. The audience can fall asleep, all the pieces of the personality will be thrown at you like shit at a wall.
Judgement at Nuremburg - Prisoners 15:59:42 04/04/11 (0)
Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Montgomery Clift, Marlene Dietrich.....even William Shatner put in an excellent performance. Then there's '12 Angry Men'...
Baba-Booey to you all!

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