Whaddaya think?
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death_jamm_productions — 14 years ago(June 15, 2011 06:04 AM)
agreed! I also think he should have been oscar nominated for The Tempest that was the finest example of 'internal' explosion acting lol
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activista — 10 years ago(April 19, 2015 08:48 PM)
@death_jamm_productions
I agreejust saw a 1969 Italian crime film he did called MACHINE GUN MCCAIN, and it was nice to see him in the lead in a film he didn't make. He definitely had a intensity, a fierce presence, and menace (like you pointed out) that certainly made him one of the more memorable character actors of his era. There was also a kind of restlessness about him that came across which is what probably drove him to make his own films to begin with. I actually wish he'd done more Italian crime filmshe only did another one called ROMA COME CHIGAGO aka BANDITS IN ROME(1968because he seemed more suited to that particular tough genre.
Check him out as an escaped convict in this clip from an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presentsall coiled intensity and just plain scary at timesthe whole episode's worth watching if you can catch it on TV or DVDnice twist at the end,too: -
RBresson34 — 14 years ago(October 15, 2011 10:53 PM)
Well, his mother thought he was a better actor and liked him in front of the camera (like all mothers) but he was certainty a much better director
He was a good actor but not revolutionary, like he was a director. In fact, he really only acted to support his filmmaking when he started Shadows that's why he did Johnny Staccato. He was hard to work with and clashed with directors and I believe it affected his performances. He acted best in his own films, Husbands and Opening Night IMO (although he was great in Mikey and Nicky as well). He was an uncompromising auteur and needed full control to express himself which is why I believe he made a better director. -
asgard-5 — 13 years ago(March 04, 2013 06:10 PM)
It's like two different people. I first saw him in Rosemary's Baby. That was one of the most restrained performances I've ever seen. He kind of "evolved" if you could call it that, in Fury there was something almost funny about his actions, as if he was in a comedy. Amazing movies, but acting - from what I've seen that looked to me like he was there earning cash.
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clavinet27 — 13 years ago(March 06, 2013 01:49 PM)
I have already absorbed everything there is to get out of the movies he directed, so I'm a little partial to his acting since there is still so much of his in-front-of-the-camera work to be discovered. I love that unscrupulous, ornery vibe he gives off. His demeanor screams, "do not loan money to or accept personal checks from this man!"
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death_jamm_productions — 13 years ago(March 09, 2013 03:37 PM)
My word I always found him compelling, bundles of charisma and if the role allowed him to take it further afield he could be wonderful eg Flesh and Blood, Incubus (he rewrote the script) Marvi2000n and Tige, Love Streams..if anything i found his 'on the edge immature loose cannon' Dirty Dozen type acting the least interesting
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Interlepos — 12 years ago(May 28, 2013 11:45 AM)
John is a fascinating guy. I love his directing and his acting is really cool. What makes him so interesting is that he directed these passionate movies full of heart, but could then - in a flash - do a 180 and play in popcorn entertainment that was polar opposite to his style and conviction. He also vehemently took a stand against popcorn entertainment, cursing it out in every interview then he walked off and did those "silly" movies anyway (for cash I know).
I love his turn in "Who's Life is it Anyway" where he plays a passionate doctor. You can see John the person coming through in that performance.
I wonder what he thought of the great movies he starred/co-starred in that he didn't direct, like Rosemary's Baby and Dirty Dozen. I think I read somewhere that he called Rosemary's Baby "not art". -
elisedfr — 12 years ago(July 01, 2013 01:27 PM)
Well, he was a fantastic directortruly unique. But he was also an amazingly talented actor. Some of the movies he jusda0t acted in are not altogether unforgettable, while almost each movie he directed is. Still, his turns in Love Streams, Opening Night, Husbands or Minnie and Moskowitz are just incredible.
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fiatlux-1 — 11 years ago(December 23, 2014 08:38 PM)
I think he was a better director. I've seen 2 of his films, and he is extremely wooden.
He was terribly miscast in "Rosemary's Baby", for example. Save for a couple good dialogue-less scenes where his expression spoke for him, he had the acting range of a dial tone.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.