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In Reply to: Two posted by Victor Khomenko on February 06, 2000 at 05:56:21:
by Vittorio de Sica.Wonderful/poignant film about two women ( Sophia Loren/Eleonora Brown) traveling during the Allied bombing in Rome.
It was the best performance Sophia ever gave...IMHO.'Adam's Rib' is another good one to watch for Tracy/Hepburn synergy working at its best. Very witty ( script by Kanin/ Ruth Gordon) and Urbane.
This film is one of my fave in spite they both play lawyers.
That was indeed a good performance by Sopia - never really a great actress - but her best might be, in my view, in the Marriage Italin Style. There was a tremendous chemistry between her and Marcello Matroianni. From there one should go the totally unrelated Divorce Italian Style for Marcello at his best.Yep, there used to be quite a few couples with sparks... I don't think Nicole/Tom are going to deserve place in that fine group.
My wife is beggin me to get It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (we have not seen it in perhaps thirty years) - I think I shall go for it, Spencer was so witty in there.
Name the one who comes even close to Spencer. There is none.
Gotta admire the guy who once said," Acting is not important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is."
"It's a mad, mad..." is a wonderful sunday afternoon film. :-)
All the aging comincs/actors haming it up. Talk about all star cast.
...Jean Gabin. Both had that incredibly deep, seemingly "static" face. One can't stop being amazed at the wide range of emotions that it was possible to read on those faces. Richard Burton was also great in that respect, and among the living perhaps Gene Hackman is the closest with very broad range of wonderful roles under his belt. I simply love him - he is tremendous.If you look outside the US, then you find such titans as Gerard Depardeau doing tremendous job in nearly every role. Russin actor Ulyanov also has that weight about his persona - another stone-faced genius.
Among the legends, Marcello is perhaps without peer. I doubt any other actor ever broke that many ladies' hearts.
But you are right, there in no one today with the kind of weight to their presence as Spencer used to carry. And frankly, I doubt that the market would receive well today a person with this kind of qualities. It seems that what sells today is Leonardo, Kevin, Harrison, Bruce - that kind of crap. If Spencer spoke quantum mechanics, these "stars" are still trying to figure out which way their ass is.
Whenever I see Spencer Tracy smile in a film, I think of my father's smile and the kind of joy it brought with it. There is a deep connection with that "stone" face.
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