Best Performances

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frederic_g54
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Re: Best Performances

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1. Robert De Niro in Raging Bull

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My favorite performance. The final scene (monologue) and the prison scene where he’s pounding the wall. Gets me every time.

2. Jack Nicholson in The Shining

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Love the ballroom scene

3. Jackie Coogan in The Kid

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The scene where he gets taken away from his dad, the music: Amazing !!!

4. Klaus Kinski in Aguirre, the Wrath of God

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Hypnotizing, scary. The last 5 minutes have really stayed with me.

5. Naomi Watts in Mulholland Dr.

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I think Naomi Watts may be the only actress who reminds of the early 40's and 50's, of actresses like Judy Garland or Gloria Swanson. She was amazing in this film.

6. Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd.

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Hilarious and creepy, love the film aswell.

7. Adrien Brody in The Pianist

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It's fair to say he was brilliant.

8. Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu in Spoorloos (The Vanishing) ==> the original !!!
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You thought Perkins was creepy in Psycho ? Alright fine, he was, but Donnadieu’s performance was far more disturbing and thought provoking.

9. Christian Bale in American Psycho

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Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now, you fuckin' stupid bastard ! nuff' said

10. Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade

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Affective, subtle, sad, and even funny at times. This was Thornton’s breakthrough performance. The film is just as great.

“I reckon, mmm hmmm”

11. Marion Cotillard in La Môme

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A recent performance that has stayed with me. The continuous shot was quite effective.

12. Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin

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Downey Jr. was a perfect choice.

honorable mentions: Liv Ullman, James Stewart (most of their films)

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show an array of emotions just with their eyes.
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other fine kid performances: the Bolger sisters in "In America", the cast from "Mean Creek", Natalie Portman in "Léon", Marianne Fortier in "Maman est chez le coiffeur",…

other performances I love: Malcolm McDowell in "A Clockwork Orange", Samuel L. Jackson in “Pulp Fiction”, Mickey Rourke in "Sin City" (guilty pleasure :) ), and many more…

nice topic

peace
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Hopscotch wrote:6. James Cagney in White Heat
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Amen. And loving quotes as it do, it has one of the best.

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awesome choice in Ronald Colman. More people need to see Random Harvest.

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1. Giancarlo Giannini in "Seven Beauties"

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Unbelievable range, emotion, and depth in a single role. Not quite as flashy or theatrical as some of the others people have mentioned, but more real and difficult.

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My number one: Tatsuya Nakadai in Harakiri - profoundly changed my perception of the whole samurai culture.

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Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now - not neccessarily my number two, but I really love absurd characters like this, and most of my favorite performances were already mentioned.

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shalev wrote:My number one: Toshirô Mifune in Harakiri - unfortunantly, I don't have the words to describe it.

no mifune in harakiri, that guy i think is Tatsuya Nakadai

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Damn you're right, how stupid of me :oops:. But i'm really having a hard time with those japanese names... :?

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Re: Best Performances

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Trying not to repeat any that have already been said:

Sam Rockwell in Moon - It's inexcusable he didn't even get an Oscar nod this year.
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Micky Rourke in The Wrestler - And he should have one last year.
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Paul Newman and Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Some of the best chemistry in film history.
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Val Kilmer in Tombstone - Just does an awesome version of Doc Holliday
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Won't mention who has already been mentioned. Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove is my favorite performance ever though.

Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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He's paranoid the whole film and Bogart doesn't drop the ball for a second.

Buster Keaton in The General
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The picture sums up the greatness

George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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Peter Sellers is the star of this film but George holds his own tremendously. More great too due to Kubrick tricking him into doing a more eccentric performances. His facial expressions are grand.

Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo
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Its another Kinski/Herzog and I rate this performance second after Aguirre.

Victor Sjöström in Wild Strawberries
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Captures his character perfectly.

Liam Neeson in Schindler's List
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Bit favorable since he is my favorite actor but this is Neeson's best and one of the best I've seen.

I think its a bit early but the past 3 years have had 3 great supporting villains and I imagine they will eventually make these lists. Waltz>Ledger>Bardem is my preference.

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Aside from those already mentioned...
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
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One of the best and most fun to hate villains.
Woody Allen, Annie Hall
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Marcello Mastroianni, 8 1/2
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Although, maybe it's better to say he plays one of my favourite characters.

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