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Ebert says he's imitating...

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mkuller

In Reply to: RE: There Will be Drool. posted by Larry I on January 28, 2008 at 07:26:43

...John Houston.

"The performance by Day-Lewis may well win an Oscar nomination, and if he wins he should do the right thing in his acceptance speech and thank the late John Huston. His voice in the role seems like a frank imitation of Huston, right down to the cadences, the pauses, the seeming to confide."

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Follow Ups:

Wow, strange coincidence - Larry I 14:49:06 01/28/08 (2)
I was just thinking of Chinatown as a movie with similar themes. Huston was the bad guy in that film trying to steal another valuable California resource (water, not oil).

Certainly Daniel Day Lewis' performance, whether over-the-top or not, was interesting. He certainly was not as ridiculous as James Dean was playing Jett Rink in Giant, but is he a match for Orson Welles doing Foster Kane?
- Dean's performance, his take on the aging roughneck, - tinear 04:56:20 01/29/08 (0)
  long has been considered a pinnacle of the art.
  Heck, even Dennis Hopper acknowledged his untouchable genius, and Dennis isn't known for his small ego.
- Funny, Plainview and Eli put me a bit in mind of Col. Saito Col. Nicholson from TBOTRK. - Tony D. 17:07:10 01/28/08 (0)
  The test of wills, decent into madness, Man lonely and alone in a wilderness of his own making.
  
  I've seen TWBB twice now and I can see how some would hate it or at the least come away unsatisfied, for me it is an example of what North American cinema can do.
  
  Oh and the music is excellent.
  
  J.B.

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