Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Gee LP (A) on November 17, 2006 at 19:54:57

In Reply to: I think you're taking this entirely too seriously posted by RGA on November 15, 2006 at 02:54:15:

First you say someone is taking a list too seriously, then you attack one of the most playful great films ever made!

I love filmed theatre as much as the next person (literally; I love Olivier's "Othello", but also not quite as literally; for example, I also love Lumet's "Long Day's Journey into Night" and Kazan's "A Streetcar Named Desire"), but there is something about the filmmaker who plays with film the way a child opens presents on Christmas morning, drunk with the medium's abilities and potentials.

If you want to see great acting in Welles, watch Agnes Moorehead in "The Magnificent Ambersons." If you demand I show you great acting in "Kane", then look again at Everett Sloane's beautiful moment talking about the girl he saw on the ferry, or Agnes Moorehead (again) in her scene. I think the 25-year-old Welles discussing his holdings with George Coulouris isn't too shabby, either.

Perhaps one day we can hunker down between discussions of SWPBS and VFTs and compare favorite films in greater detail.