Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on December 08, 2003 at 12:18:15

In Reply to: Peck, Bogart, Grant, Irons posted by Bambi B on December 08, 2003 at 11:55:56:

Largely agree.

In my view the Real Man is not a perfect one, but the one who could indeed be a real person. That's where Bogart falls out.

Ditto for Eastwood and the whole slew of other "idealists".

So I would be talking about a real life man who nonetheless does show the strenght and character that are while not too common, are still possible and admired.

That is why I mentioned Tikhonov as an obscure actor with those qualities. In many ways he is not too different from Peck, as he is never perfect, but he is a good human with good aspirations in most of his roles.

To me this is far more "real" than being able to shoot ten people with five bullets... having just watched Fistfull of Dollars last night... he-he...

This also presents an interesting question about someone like Gabin.

He is a contraversial choice in my mind, as he borders on that "larger than life" image, while still remaining extremely approachable.