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Re: Remember Pauline Kael's comment about Jeff Bridges?

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In Reply to: Re: I may be a Bambi, but I wanna slap him around too! posted by Jim Campilongo on August 6, 2005 at 10:01:38:

In 1973 or '74, when "The Last American Hero" came out, Kael said something along the lines of "There is the great showy stuff DeNiro does in 'Mean Streets' and then there is the quiet naturalistic stuff Bridges does in 'Last Picture Show' and 'Last American Hero' where you can't even see him act and it's just as great."
I too especially love his work in "Baker Boys." And remember his performance in "The Iceman Cometh"?

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I think his best early work was in the much neglected - tinear 13:00:48 08/06/05 (1)
"Cutter's Way." John Savage was powerful, too. I kind of wonder what happened to him? He was fantastic in "Deer Hunter" but seems to have disappeared after that from majors.
- John Savage - kanesays 15:25:20 08/08/05 (0)
  "Cutter's Way." John Savage was powerful, too. I kind of wonder what happened to him? He was fantastic in "Deer Hunter" but seems to have disappeared after that from majors. "
  I became a big fan of his after seeing 'The Onion Field' and 'Inside Moves' in the early 80s. He has a real grasp of characters on the edge, his speciality it almost seems. He also played another character 'on the edge' as recent as 'The Thin Red line'.
Re: Remember Pauline Kael's comment about Jeff Bridges? - Jim Campilongo 12:44:26 08/06/05 (0)
I never read Kael's comments on Bridges. He's great in "Fearless" too. What a powerful film !

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