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In Reply to: "To be greatest, you must be so over a period of years, in many films." - I respectfully differ. posted by Audiophilander on October 8, 2005 at 17:04:22:
repeated it or anything else similar.
The problem with Steiger is he is old school. You can see him acting. As has been pointed out, Brando was a Beethoven: nothing was the same after him. When he played a character, he wasn't one-sided. Notice how in many of his roles he could bring out the "softer" side of a violent man and not weaken it. That was because of his animal magnetism. No one else burned up the screen like that.
Also, no other leading man had the threatening presence of Brando, yet could, the next moment, be sensitive (sorry, that's the only way to describe it). Look at The Wild Ones, again.
You put Steiger way higher than he belongs. In the Heat of the Night, Pawnbroker... highly rated in their day and now all but relegated to obscurity (rightly so).
Most people, when you mention Steiger, unless they're film buffs, go "who?"
The greatest do not toil in obscurity, auph.
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Follow Ups
- Of course I've seen Dreyer's masterpiece. But she never - tinear 05:31:19 10/09/05 (6)
- "You put Steiger way higher than he belongs." - Not at all. - Audiophilander 10:15:32 10/09/05 (5)
- Steiger was a character actor who acted in 95% crap movies: how many - tinear 13:21:57 10/10/05 (1)
- Steiger was both a lead and a character actor. - Audiophilander 10:33:57 10/11/05 (0)
- I'd trade you one Rod Steiger for a dozen Brando's - grinagog 20:13:20 10/09/05 (2)
- See Steiger In "Gothic" -1986 - AudioHead 15:10:43 10/10/05 (1)
- "American Gothic" that is. nt - AudioHead 15:34:25 10/10/05 (0)
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