tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post6057389311166341238..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1965SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-44454005139301064812020-02-11T10:56:31.704-06:002020-02-11T10:56:31.704-06:00I guess this means I really should rewatch Ship of...I guess this means I really should rewatch Ship of Fools.<br /><br />This is one of Burton's better performances. Rather than chewing the scenery, he really seems to be living in this role, and is just so beaten that I feel sorry for him--something I never thought I would say about Richard Burton.<br /><br />The Pawnbroker may be a film I never watch again, but Steiger is top of his form in it. It's one of the best performances of its decade.<br /><br />For what it's worth, when I think of wanting to give an Oscar to Lee Marvin, my first thoughts are <i>The Professionals</i> and <i>Point Blank</i>.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-10447042602206742242020-02-11T10:16:44.865-06:002020-02-11T10:16:44.865-06:00I love Cat Ballou and Marvin has a lot of fun with...I love Cat Ballou and Marvin has a lot of fun with his dual role but he's not even truly the lead actor, that's Michael Callan, and the film belongs to Jane Fonda anyway. So yes yank that trophy right out of his hands, had he won for Point Blank I'd have had no problem. <br /><br />I'd cut both Olivier and Marvin but keep Burton who is very fine, maybe not Night of the Iguana level but it's one of his best performances. I'd rank Oskar Werner much higher, it would be a close call for me between he and Steiger but this should have been Steiger's. I found The Pawnbroker punishing to watch but there is no denying his complete immersion in the role. <br /><br />You caught most of the alternates that could have filled those two slots but I will mention Jimmy Stewart in Flight of the Phoenix, a seriously underappreciated film, and while I wasn't blown away by Alphaville Eddie Constantine would have been an interesting choice to include. Poor Steve McQueen two excellent performances in Cincinnati Kid and Baby, the Rain Must Fall and nothing. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-55937718194696591502020-02-11T09:13:48.662-06:002020-02-11T09:13:48.662-06:00I cannot stress enough to track down The Pawnbroke...I cannot stress enough to track down <i>The Pawnbroker</i>. It's a gut punch of a movie, one that I don't know I will watch again, but Steiger is all-time great in it. <br /><br />Honestly, based on the year, this is one of the weirdest nomination classes I've seen.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-32803572286513884372020-02-11T01:31:27.833-06:002020-02-11T01:31:27.833-06:00I haven't seen any of those films nominated fo...I haven't seen any of those films nominated for Best Actor but <i>Cat Ballou</i> was on TCM but the fucking Emergency Broadcast Test interrupted its showing as I was forced to delete the film from my DVR as that was the one film I was going to see as it was one of my dad's favorite films.<br /><br />Not having Orson Welles for <i>Chimes at Midnight</i> or Omar Sharif for <i>Doctor Zhivago</i> is just wrong. Some consideration for Claudio Brook for <i>Simon of the Desert</i>, Eddie Constantine for <i>Alphaville</i>, Jean Paul Belmondo for <i>Pierrot Le Fou</i>, Toshiro Mifune for <i>Red Beard</i>, or the duo of Clint Eastwood/Lee Van Cleef for <i>For a Few Dollars More</i> would've been interesting.<br /><br />I have no interest in seeing that version of <i>Othello</i> as the sight of Olivier in blackface just feels wrong. It's one of those reasons why I feel like Olivier is at times... overrated as an actor. Welles at least didn't do too much to make himself look moorish in his own versions of <i>Othello</i>. thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com