Sitting here, watching Sahara (Zoltan Korda, 1943) on TCM, I was struck by what we are actually missing in today’s cinema and what makes it less than what it used to be: good character actors. See, I think that what created GOOD Hollywood, the Hollywood I love and worship, the films I come back to [...]
May 30, 2011
Categories: Critical Writing, Film, Personal Stories, Uncategorized . Tags: agnes moorehead, airport, all about eve, all the king's men, bewitched, caged, carny, character actors, character actresses, charles mcgraw, cincinatti kid, Coen Brothers, cool hand luke, crispin glover, don't bother to knock, dub taylor, Elisha Cook Jr., Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, giant, greer garson, henry silva, Irene Tedrow, jim jarmusch, joe spinell, john turturro, johnny guitar, Journey into fear, lee ving, Lonely Are the Brave, mercedes mccambridge, mercury theater, mrs. parkington, orson welles, paul dubov, pickup on south street, rear window, rio bravo, sergeant york, shane, spike lee, suddenly last summer, the big sleep, the exorcist, the killing, the maltese falcon, the westerner, thelma ritter, thunderbolt and lightfoot, touch of evil, walter brennan . Author: sinaphile . Comments: 2 Comments