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In Reply to: Art Carney received the Best Actor Oscar for that role posted by gware on November 12, 2003 at 18:26:55:
Jack Nicholson - Chinatown
Al Pacino - Godfather: Part II
Dustin Hoffman - Lenny
Albert Finney - Murder on the Orient Express
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As much as I admire Carney and the other three Nicholson should have won hands down for Chinatown.
That's funny because I thought Dustin Hoffman should have won. I still consider his 'Lenny' performance one of his best.
the Actors are still acting their parts, and it shows
Art Carney has gone one step beyond that; he effortlessly becomes Harry, you are seeing Art as a veteran and master performer at the peak of his craft
He relaxes into the role like a familiar armchair, hes been there, hes done that, and its a seamless and utterly credible characterisation
His competition meanwhile is trying Real Hard to be a Lenny, a Corlione, etc. Not that its bad acting, its just not in the same league
I dont think this actually happens too often in film; Denzel Washington has done this just once; in Glory, where he actually becomes a slave turned soldier, a role which also garnered a Best Actor award
I think De Niro achieves this with his portrayal in Taxi Driver, he really becomes that guy
Japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda; Tampopo/Sorekara was the only actor I have seen who could actually do this with every role he played
Eric
that Nicholson WAS Jake Gittes? That was a flawless performance, as was Faye Dunaway's.
absolutely loathe. I saw this on its release and didnt see what all the fuss was about; I tried again just a few months ago watching this on video and about the only thing I can say from both viewings I actually liked was the yellow Packard roadster, which occupies the screen less than 1% of the movie, unfortunately
It probably doesnt help that I have never been a fan of Jack Nicholson, though I think he is great in the Passenger with Maria Shriver, Faye Dunaway is also great in the Thomas Crown Affair, both from around this era too; there was a bit of a renaissance of cinema in the 1970s
I am really the last person to pass judgement on Nicholson in this film
Eric
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