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In Reply to: Right, but you forgot another of my favorite wooden dolls - Harrison Ford posted by Victor Khomenko on December 06, 2003 at 06:57:12:
Victor,Quite right- an actor that uses a 6' plank of mahogany as a lighting stand-in on the set. For Cruise it is a plank of pine and Costner 4' X 4' of birch veneered plywood.
Ford does have an incredibly small range, but I did think his brand of incredulous blankness and flat affect worked well for the original "Raiders of the Lost Ark"- that kind of cartoon stoicism in the face of anything. How DID he get onto the German submarine?
Regarding "Regarding Henry", I thought the whole premise fell apart as I couldn't tell the brain damaged Ford from the regular one- he was just more tentative about ordering breakfast- temporarily. We know before the movie starts he will triumph over the odds. I would've enjoyed a little twist on this very American theme by having the final scene be Ford coming home to his beautiful wife at their Park Avenue apartment from his job as the beloved janitor of an elementary school.
"Witness". this is so well thought of, but as a kind of reverse Beverly Hillbillies of the sophisicated fellow thrown into a foreign culture. Perhaps his expressions do suit a "fish out of water" story..
"Patriot Games" I just don't care for the typical Tom Clancy-like story and predictable style of ending- 30 minutes confrontation between protagnonist and antagonist in a defined space with temporary apparent victory of the villain.
"The Fugitive" may be the best thing he did, but it was Tommy Lee Jones that gave the film it's crackle.
Ford recently made insighful, thought-provoking comments on his deep love and serious knowedge of the acting craft, "I'd rather be a pilot, but I have this wasy to make a lot of money."
Do you remember the constantly wide-eyed wry villager "Yohei" in "Seven Samurai"? A sympathetic kind of character.
But wry blankness doesn't always work- seeing how Angelina Jolie was converted to a mindless robot in "Tomb Raider"- no humour, really no personality of any kind. All that could be done was to film the entire movie at breast level***, and it is disturbing how very effectively this de-sexed her.
Cheers,
Bam
*** And they never moved!- I checked..
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BB,Frantic, Blade Runner, Witness - good flicks. Totally library-worthy[if I had one]. We both have seen worse actors proclaim they're Sarah Bernhardt.
THE guy who tops them all is Nicholas Cage.
My classification - he used to be an actor.I'd rather see Siegried[or Roy] play his parts.
ps-How about that lawyer recommendation?
TIA
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Dmitry,Yes, if Ford is in exactly the right role- "Blade Runner" for example=- and I would include the first "Raiders", he is OK.
Nicholas Cage is interesting. I saw "Windtalker" recently and liked his character, but the prtrayal was inconsistent- not as a complex character, but because of a kind of constant switching of modes/personality. I was a disappointed in the obvious imitation of "Private Ryan" in style and the simlar aspects of the story.
Andy Garcia is an actor that I thought would go to the top, but that I haven't seen in anything very imporessive for awhile. His role in "Ocean's Eleven" was so stiff and dull, I couldn't imagine what he was doing there. Julia Robert's catatonic state made him look like Jim Carrey.
Cheers,
Bambi B
Dmitry, I haven't forgotte. I'm seeing my own attorney tomorrow and will have a couple of names from him. The two that I thought of earlier I looked into again and feel that I now can't recommend them to someone.
I think that " Witnesss " is a really good crafted movie, it has a little humor, sexuality, good actors ( even Mr. Wood fits in ) a good film music....
Aother one that I like is " Blade Runner ".
One such film is Random Hearts, where all the burden is on the incredibly sexy Kristin Scott Thomas, Ford being pulled into her orbit, but not distracting too much.
.., if only because the relentless tugging of the real contributions to the plot divert my attention away from his two-dimensionality. Ford tried to screw this movie up, but could'nt.
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patrick,I agree that "Witness" was well crafted. I just thought the premise with Ford hiding in shaker drag was too contrived. A tiny detail: when Ford collaspes at the wheel of the car and demolishes the farmer's elaborate wood bird house, Ford did the repairs to the prop himself- he had worked as a carpenter before success as an actor.
Yes, I completely forgot "Blade Runner" which of course is an amazing and influential movie visually and I think derives it's status from Trumbull and Scott in spite of Ford. It's amazing to see "Blade Runner" today as it's many. many imitators obscure the impact of it's original.
Interestingly, there was an originally supressed scene- (a flying white horse dream I think) which implied the Ford character may also be a "replicant" or artificial person. A robot.
J'ai toujours pensee qu'il etait brilliant de Cameron pour mouler Schwarzenegger comme les "Terminator"- un robot car parler articule, geste subtile, et expressions faciale ne sont pas selone les besoins pour creer l'illusion d'un robot de tueur.
Salut AND Gruss,
Bam
Guten Abend Bam,No, I did not find him to contrived in the Hamish clothes but more like Pinoccio and that fit the scene, was my feeling...
I know he was a good carpenter and later in the film at building the farm house he was really at it too..
We should add that the scene when he is a voyeur is not bad, too.
In the book he actually is an replicant, and in the director cut too, but I prefer the " commercial" version.
Blade Runner was not a success, every one wanted H.Ford as Star War hero...much later on it did catch thank too for the fabulous music Vangelis did craft for this motion picture.
It was dark and poetic.Tchüss AND Bonsoir,
P.
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