The Great Gatsby (2012)

[Madeleine Maudlin]

Now I was just thinking more about DiCaprio's career, or what it means to
be a classy actor, if anyone should call me on that.

Leo began with what, the one where he played--ah yes, Gilbert Grape
(googless!)  How about the qualification that all classy actors must at
some point play either/and/or a mental person of some stripe.

Take, for example, what I happen to be one of the best single-scene
performances of alltime, when DeNiro plays the Awakenings fellow, and he's
finally succumbed and fallen all the way back into it.  Goes for like five
minutes, just him, spazzing out.  The incredible thing is, not one of his
moments are ever repeated.

Mr.Monroe, can you find that clip for everyone? Do you take requests?


On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Madeleine Maudlin <
madeleinemaudlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've not seen that one and would like to, as opposed to this one which I
> have no interest in.
>
> I was thinking for a second about DiCaprio's career, and it could be that
> shit like this Gatsby get done because that, it appears, is what he likes.
>  Which could be because he's a classy actor and only does decent roles,
> which in Hollywood are mostly this sort of thing?
>
> Happened to catch Dark Shadows yesterday.  Burton is such a great
> director, why doesn't he do adult films?
>
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:24 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I liked the one from 1974 w/ Robert Redford & Mia Farrow.  I always
>> wonder why people remake films (I know this is really a book) that
>> were done so well the first time.
>>
>> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Madeleine Maudlin
>> <madeleinemaudlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > If Gatsby looked like Leonardo he never would have died.  Even bullets
>> and a
>> > pool could not have gutted him.
>> >
>> > Nice redux of the U2.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Dave Monroe <
>> against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARN6agiW7o
>> >>
>> >> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092/
>> >>
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby_(2012_film)
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
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