The best acting performance of all time

[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 262 Posts: 18250 View Predictions]

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estrelas wrote:

The fact you only included men is sending me…and not for a good reason.

He created a thread “which actor will define the decade” but didn’t include any female actors…

FYC OSCARS : PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN IN ALL CATEGORIES (ESP. ACTRESS – Carey Mulligan AND ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY — EMERALD FENNELL), VANESSA KIRBY FOR "PIECES OF A WOMAN", ESSIE DAVIS FOR "BABYTEETH"

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[Sab227 Joined: Dec 29th, 2012 Topics: 112 Posts: 790 View Predictions]

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Vivien Leigh Gone With the Wind

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[RIDLEY SCOTT Joined: Dec 12th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 112 View Predictions]

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I hate overacting that’s why I think Al Pacino in The Godfather 1 is my favorite. So natural. Just like Russell Crowe in Gladiator, American Gangster and The Insider. Sylvester Stallone in Rocky 1, First Blood and Creed 1. Robert De Niro in Heat. Ryan Gosling in Drive. And Gary Oldman in León The Proffesional

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 7 Posts: 977 View Predictions]

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Of course I’ll echo Rowlands as a possible answer. Others include Nikolai Cherkasov in Ivan the Terrible, Jet Li in Once upon a Time in China, Sheryl Lee in Fire Walk with Me, and Vitalina Varela in, well, you know lol.

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[Problemchild Joined: Jun 28th, 2011 Topics: 11 Posts: 582 View Predictions]

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Denzel Washington, Malcolm X

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[forwardswill Joined: Apr 9th, 2013 Topics: 28 Posts: 5000 View Predictions]

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It saddens me so much that the closest we’ve got to anyone on here mentioning a performance with some comedy in it is Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine. The genre bias I will never understand.

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[Woody Joined: Feb 9th, 2020 Topics: 4 Posts: 66 View Predictions]

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forwardswill wrote:

It saddens me so much that the closest we’ve got to anyone on here mentioning a performance with some comedy in it is Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine. The genre bias I will never understand.

Somebody said Colin Farrell in In Bruges and also Robert De Niro in King of Comedy so you must not have looked hard enough

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[Woody Joined: Feb 9th, 2020 Topics: 4 Posts: 66 View Predictions]

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estrelas wrote:

The fact you only included men is sending me…and not for a good reason.

A bunch of people have mentioned people and only included women too?

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[Woody Joined: Feb 9th, 2020 Topics: 4 Posts: 66 View Predictions]

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Robert De Niro – Raging Bull, The King of Comedy

Anthony Hopkins – The Father

Olivia DeHavilland – The Heiress

Mo’nique – Precious

Ingrid Bergman – Casablanca, Autumn Sonata

Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

Jamie Foxx – Ray

Judy Garland – A Star is Born

Whoopie Goldberg – The Colour Purple

Just the first ones I thought of

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[forwardswill Joined: Apr 9th, 2013 Topics: 28 Posts: 5000 View Predictions]

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Woody wrote:

Somebody said Colin Farrell in In Bruges and also Robert De Niro in King of Comedy so you must not have looked hard enough

Tbf I did miss these. But actually think my point still stands when we’ve had so many performances mentioned so far and these and maybe DiCaprio in Wall Street are the only ones that are persistently comedic.

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[Kafka_Gyllenhaal Joined: Nov 13th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 128 View Predictions]

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Definitely Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc. I don’t see how anyone else could possibly outperform her there. Even with the handicap of silence her facial expressions alone make it one of the most nuanced and well-delivered performances in film history.

DDL in TWBB, Homayuon Ershadi in Taste of Cherry, and the two leads of Amadeus also come to mind.

FYC: Evie the Cow for Best Supporting Actress

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[ArtIsntEasy Joined: Dec 17th, 2011 Topics: 3 Posts: 1151 View Predictions]

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Love the Marion Cotillard mentions along with Streep in SOPHIE’S CHOICE, Rowlands in A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, and Falconetti in THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC.

I’ll through in Bibi Andersson for PERSONA and Liv Ullman in SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE.

Oh and Juliette Binoche in BLUE.

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[Woody Joined: Feb 9th, 2020 Topics: 4 Posts: 66 View Predictions]

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forwardswill wrote:

Tbf I did miss these. But actually think my point still stands when we’ve had so many performances mentioned so far and these and maybe DiCaprio in Wall Street are the only ones that are persistently comedic.

I think Comedy performances don’t leave as much emotional impact on you after watching so people don’t think of them when asked about best performance of all time.

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 4666 View Predictions]

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I have to lend another mention to Falconetti’s Joan, but so much great stuff has been written about this performance that I don’t feel I have much to add of great value. All I can say is I’ve never seen another film performance that I feel truly surpasses it, even while the influence it has had is so rich and expansive.

Some outstanding performances that don’t get noticed enough these days, even by cinephiles:

Vanessa Redgrave – The Devils (1971)
Klaus Maria Brandauer – Mephisto (1981)
David Thewlis – Naked (1993)

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[Jazzy Joined: Dec 3rd, 2018 Topics: 3 Posts: 1073 View Predictions]

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I’m surprised no one has mentioned Bette Davis for anything.

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