He was very underrated in Falling Down, a sleeper of a film everyone should see at least once.
StoneAndSky 33 minutes ago [-]
I don't remember it being a "sleeper"; I recall it stirring quite a bit of controversy at the time. It came out in the pre-Columbine "Going Postal" era. But agreed: it's worth a watch.
browningstreet 22 minutes ago [-]
It’s a smaller movie, given the talent involved, but very interesting. The controversy undermined the viability of its popular legacy.
Kind of like Passengers (half kidding, but the controversy on this one always felt like an inadvertent bend of timeliness).
hearsathought 34 minutes ago [-]
If we are talking underrated films he was in, my choice would be Deep Impact.
Waterluvian 18 minutes ago [-]
Falling Down is a brilliant film. I think Duvall’s sober, gentle, unfazed detective is exactly what makes it work.
The entire movie D-FENS is running into people who trigger him or push back and justify his rage. So the whole time you’re rooting for him. He’s the protagonist! And then you get to the end and the detective just doesn’t give him the same response. But you never worry that Duvall is about to be a victim. And I think it’s very difficult to portray a character who is seasoned, gentle, grandfatherly, but doesn’t come off in the slightest as prey.
The movie is a bit of a gut punch because I think it does encourage you to cheer for him sticking it to The Man and the Nazis and the corporations, only to realize ,alongside Douglas, that “I’m the bad guy?”
Markoff 10 minutes ago [-]
I wanted to write RIP Prendergast, but since you mentioned it I put it here, whole movie flew under radar, masterpiece.
stronglikedan 22 minutes ago [-]
> sleeper
Obligatory, I do not think it means what you think it means.
When that film first debuted, you couldn't throw a rock without hitting someone who knew of it.
justin66 5 minutes ago [-]
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partiallypro 35 minutes ago [-]
He has too many great films to list, but one I really like that is lesser by him known nowadays is "Secondhand Lions."
robertcope 21 minutes ago [-]
Agreed, absolutely fantastic movie.
5555624 26 minutes ago [-]
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"No, sir."
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(The Great Santini)
People see them on the screen so often they think they know them. I guess the term "parasocial relationship" has been common in the last few years to describe this.
I guess for actors and other types of artist specifically, people relate strongly to the work. It can form the basis for life memories. You remember where you were when you heard a song or saw a movie.
slibhb 12 minutes ago [-]
Why do people like fictional narrative so much? I'm not sure why, other than some platitude like "forming narratives is how people understand the world". But I'm not sure why it follows that fictional narratives are so important to us.
Rooster61 24 minutes ago [-]
Because the service they render brings joy and entertainment to a large multitude of people. It is a higher visibility job than most, and is largely an individual contribution in and of the service they provide
bdcravens 15 minutes ago [-]
The same reason they venerate anyone: common positive experiences.
curiousObject 24 minutes ago [-]
Actors express the human condition, and that’s more difficult than you think.
To pretend to be a person that you are not, on demand, for months on end, is hard and it demands great empathy and skill.
browningstreet 21 minutes ago [-]
Because they became part of our stories through performance and iterations. We experienced their work.
twoodfin 8 minutes ago [-]
Also, stories and those who tell them have been kind of a big deal for us homo sapiens now north of 50,000 years.
paulcole 23 minutes ago [-]
why do people venerate computer scientists?
markus_zhang 49 minutes ago [-]
Jeez I thought he was long gone. The family will remember your service, Mr. Hagen.
bdcravens 14 minutes ago [-]
He's one of those actors that if you told me he was dead, I wouldn't have been surprised, but then you go to the theater and in some random role, there he is.
hinkley 10 minutes ago [-]
It really messes with me though when someone dies before their last film came out. I watched that Batman movie with a knot in my stomach the whole time.
“He’s so good. But he’s gone. WTF.”
I don’t recall who now but there was some actor whose last film came out more than a year after he died, and that felt messed up and I can’t articulate why.
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Kind of like Passengers (half kidding, but the controversy on this one always felt like an inadvertent bend of timeliness).
The entire movie D-FENS is running into people who trigger him or push back and justify his rage. So the whole time you’re rooting for him. He’s the protagonist! And then you get to the end and the detective just doesn’t give him the same response. But you never worry that Duvall is about to be a victim. And I think it’s very difficult to portray a character who is seasoned, gentle, grandfatherly, but doesn’t come off in the slightest as prey.
The movie is a bit of a gut punch because I think it does encourage you to cheer for him sticking it to The Man and the Nazis and the corporations, only to realize ,alongside Douglas, that “I’m the bad guy?”
Obligatory, I do not think it means what you think it means.
When that film first debuted, you couldn't throw a rock without hitting someone who knew of it.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000380/
I guess for actors and other types of artist specifically, people relate strongly to the work. It can form the basis for life memories. You remember where you were when you heard a song or saw a movie.
To pretend to be a person that you are not, on demand, for months on end, is hard and it demands great empathy and skill.
“He’s so good. But he’s gone. WTF.”
I don’t recall who now but there was some actor whose last film came out more than a year after he died, and that felt messed up and I can’t articulate why.