Re: Noir Films
Posted: July 24th, 2014, 1:02 pm
Wow, WOW, WOW!
That noir sounds terrific, ChiO. I am a big fan of Anthony Quinn and just saw him in that small role in Buffalo Bill recently. The movie was simple but he was not. He knocked me out, he was so ambiguous - brutal and seething, and yet still something of a sympathetic character. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. You couldn't tell what side he was going to come down on. Multi-dimensional, I guess. One thing I like about Quinn is that he never felt the need to retain a particular persona like so many leading men did....he didn't have to play nice, and I'm sure after a while, in all those bit parts, he didn't WANT to play nice in the movies. I was wondering why he didn't do more noir films. He was born to play in them, with their "Who is good, who is bad?" viewpoint. I can't think of a performance by Quinn where his background wasn't questionable, and maybe his motives.
Charles Coburn in a noir sounds like it could work well - I imagine he could lend an air of corrupt authority as a mob money man.
That noir sounds terrific, ChiO. I am a big fan of Anthony Quinn and just saw him in that small role in Buffalo Bill recently. The movie was simple but he was not. He knocked me out, he was so ambiguous - brutal and seething, and yet still something of a sympathetic character. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. You couldn't tell what side he was going to come down on. Multi-dimensional, I guess. One thing I like about Quinn is that he never felt the need to retain a particular persona like so many leading men did....he didn't have to play nice, and I'm sure after a while, in all those bit parts, he didn't WANT to play nice in the movies. I was wondering why he didn't do more noir films. He was born to play in them, with their "Who is good, who is bad?" viewpoint. I can't think of a performance by Quinn where his background wasn't questionable, and maybe his motives.
Charles Coburn in a noir sounds like it could work well - I imagine he could lend an air of corrupt authority as a mob money man.