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In Reply to: Re: What's Steiger's best role, in your opinion? posted by Jeff Starrs on October 30, 2005 at 04:47:52:
He always strived to make his characters memorable and believeable; in so doing sometimes he was less effective than others, but he was never dull, much less "hammy," IMO. His detractors are ummm, ...how do I put this politely, ...let's just say say full of baloney.Among Steiger's most memorable roles were as W.C. Fields in W.C. Fields and Me, Sol Nazerman in The Pawnbroker, Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of The Night and the sadistic Pinky in Jubal, but there are so many other great performances.
One of my guilty pleasure faves is January Man, a relatively benign cops & robbers comedy/drama with Steiger cast as Mayor Eamon Flynn. There is one scene where Steiger decides to raise the level of his performance several notches above the material. Unexpectedly he becomes so intense that Harvey Keitel and Danny Aiello who are in the scene with him become visibly shaken by the dressing down he gives them, and they're literally awed into silence! While this was not out of character for the Mayor as the part was written it was such a jarring performance that it stood out in an otherwise "fluff" movie where the actors were picking up a paycheck and letting the dialogue carry the film. Thankfully this startling scene was left in the final edit of the movie.
AuPh
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- Not hammy, but intense. - Audiophilander 21:22:08 10/30/05 (0)
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