I was discussing films with Nige the other night and he asked me to complete a "round robin" film questionnaire! Found one today...so here goes...... a relaxing few minutes before going to work later!
Q WHO IS YOUR MOST FAVOURITE MOVIE ACTOR OF THE 21ST CENTURY & WHY?
Well I have many favourites, Laura Linney,Russell Crowe,Patricia Clarkeson are perhaps my favourite mainstream actors......but I have enjoyed individual performances from single films such as Lorraine Stanley's gusty turn in the bleak London to Brighton; Maribel Verdú as Mercedes in El laberinto del fauno and Kristin Scott Thomas as a mercy killer in Il y a longtemps que je t'aime . Overall, the "best" actor of the millennium must be (of course Meryl Streep)
Q CAN YOU DETAIL AN INSPIRED PIECE OF MOVIE CASTING?
Bloody hell...that is a tough one......probably the best piece of casting must have been
Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke in The Nun's Story (1959) oh and Bette Davis of course in All About Eve (1950)
Q WHAT SINGLE FILM SEQUENCE LINGERS IN YOUR MEMORY THE MOST?
Fernanda Montenegro smiling and crying to herself on the bus at the end of Central do Brasil (1998)-heartbreaking!
Q COMEDY MOVIES SELDOM WIN OSCARS...WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIE COMEDY?
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Q WHAT MOVIE WOULD YOU WATCH WHEN YOU ARE A) SAD B) ILL C) ROMANTIC?
a) Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie) (2001)
b)Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
c)Gawd.....who knows.....anything with Russell Crowe or Jake Gyllenhaal in it!
Q FOREIGN MOVIES....DO YOU EVER MAKE THE EFFORT?
Read the above
Q BEST MOVIE QUOTE?
Any line in All About Eve
Q BEST MOVIE SONG?
Bugger!.......well the worst one is The Morning After from the Poseidon Adventure......oh and let's not forget "You light up my life" from the film of the same name ("sung" by deaf children at the academy awards as I recall) and of course my favourite "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" sung by the blind piano player Tom Sullivan in Airport '77 (before he was crushed to death by his own piano!!)
Q BEST MOVIE DOCUMENTARY?
gawd knows........I remember being impressed with Shoah (1985) but that was years ago and it was very long!
Q WHAT IS THE BEST MOVIE "FIGHT" YOU HAVE EVER SEEN?
Colleen Dewhurst as the insane patient fighting with Audrey Hepburn in The Nun's Story (1959)
Q MOST SHOCKING PIECE OF CINEMA
Too many overtly shocking scenes can be picked out of modern cinema scenes....but I always remember being shell shocked by the first 19 minutes of Saving Private Ryan (1998)
I agree with you about saving private ryan, I'm not one for war films or gore but, that just left me unable to look away, speechless and breathless.
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Interesting.
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