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While O'Neil is just a mediocre actor, Kubrick made him truly shine in BL.

That shaell remain one of the great examples of unexpected casting. I simply loved every moment Ryan was on the screen - he fit so darn perfectly in the overall picture. The masterpiece became only better due to his presence.

I believe part of EWS downfall was in Kubrick's desire to repeat that successful trick. Take a shit actor, and build such a structure around him that he positively shocks everyone.

Perhaps Tom was not the right person for that trick, but it failed there miserably.

Perhaps O'Neal's succeeded simply because he didn't think of himself as of a super-star, and let the director use him as a master would use his brush.

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Topic - Saw two Clint Eastwood movies - Bill the K 20:00:47 01/14/19 (24)

Gran Torino - dwill123 15:09:56 01/15/19 (2)

This!! ^ - Road Warrior 12:03:06 01/16/19 (1)

Whoa...only on films? (nt) - mkuller 09:53:42 01/17/19 (0)

His previous - free.ranger 08:41:35 01/15/19 (13)

Watched his Hang Them High last night - Victor Khomenko 10:10:38 01/15/19 (12)

Agree, but, - oldmkvi 07:19:08 01/18/19 (3)

Cool, thank you for correction! :) - Victor Khomenko 07:23:10 01/18/19 (2)

RE: Cool, thank you for correction! :) - oldmkvi 07:26:51 01/18/19 (1)

One of my favorites is... - Victor Khomenko 07:31:03 01/18/19 (0)

No one can just produce masterpieces - BillH 10:26:17 01/17/19 (0)

SO true about Kubrick! I finally got around to watching Barry Lyndon the other day..... - TWB 15:37:01 01/16/19 (5)

RE: SO true about Kubrick! I finally got around to watching Barry Lyndon the other day..... - geoffkait 10:14:34 01/17/19 (2)

Barry Lyndon - BillH 11:24:18 01/17/19 (0)

I was going to say that - Victor Khomenko 10:42:49 01/17/19 (0)

double thanks - beach cruiser 01:18:04 01/17/19 (1)

EWS sucks... - musetap 05:54:00 01/17/19 (0)

RE: Watched his Hang Them High last night - Sondek 20:21:22 01/15/19 (0)

His latest... - mkuller 20:47:10 01/14/19 (6)

I liked The Mule and impressed that, at 88, he starred, directed and produced. - volunteer 14:36:59 01/15/19 (0)

RE: His latest... - Sondek 06:54:48 01/15/19 (0)

RE: His latest... - Wojciech 21:25:43 01/14/19 (3)

He did a perfect job playing a geezer..... - Billy Wonka 10:11:15 01/15/19 (2)

Practice makes perfect. nt - free.ranger 10:49:34 01/15/19 (1)

Method acting works! * - Billy Wonka 17:36:07 01/15/19 (0)

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