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RICHARD BASEHART: AMERICA'S GREATEST ACTOR?

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nightmarekey		#81	[-]
Posts: 2916 Nov 7 11 11:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've always -- and this goes back to VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, which I thought was pretty awful anyway -- found him somehow off-putting. I've never considered him a "bad actor"... I always seem to remember him in Allied Artists' "Classics Illustrated" Bio-fim HITLER from about 1961... (Not 'Forties Feurher Fave "Bobs" Watson physically, but an honest attempt at a "high school textbook" characterization in a grade-school production).... "Off-Putting"? Maybe he was simply amidst a sea (sorry) of other capable character actors in an era that wasn't all to kind to character actors.
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Ken Hanke		#82	[-]
Posts: 71354 Nov 8 11 7:51 AM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	No, off-putting in the sense that he just absolutely didn't/doesn't appeal to me.
nightmarekey		#83	[-]
Posts: 2916 Nov 14 11 8:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Okay, well, a goodly amount of today's "character leads" don't appeal to me either. They mostly evoke Kris Kristofferson looking for a real singer to peddle a well-crafted song to. Failing that, they do it themselves. The result is like an omelet made with egg-whites.
Ken Hanke		#84	[-]
Posts: 71354 Nov 14 11 8:12 PM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Basehart, however, is about like making an omelet with shells.
nightmarekey		#85	[-]
Posts: 2916 Nov 14 11 8:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Joseph Losey's films were like that. With membrane attached. With or without Basehart. With just about anyone.
Ken Hanke		#86	[-]
Posts: 71354 Nov 14 11 8:42 PM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can't argue that.
nightmarekey		#87	[-]
Posts: 2916 Nov 14 11 9:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Damn. "A Good Argument Is Worth Retorting ....."
HarryLong		#88	[-]
Posts: 25163 Nov 16 11 5:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Aside from his short film adaptation of "Tell-Tale Heart" I have yet top see a Joseph Losey film that works for me. And I have yet to figure out just why. The Mysterious Mr. Long
Ken Hanke		#89	[-]
Posts: 71354 Nov 16 11 7:02 PM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	They're, uh, not very good?
HarryLong		#90	[-]
Posts: 25163 Nov 16 11 7:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, yeah... The Mysterious Mr. Long
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Maleva		#91	[-]
Posts: 12428 Nov 16 11 9:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Good god! I thought I rather liked a few Joseph Losey films. In retrospect, I can boil it down to two. THE GO-BETWEEN (probably due to the presence of of Julie Christie and Alan Bates) and ACCIDENT. MODESTY BLAISE is sort of disjointed fun, too. You say "Wicked" , like it's a bad thing.
HarryLong		#92	[-]
Posts: 25163 Nov 18 11 9:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The one time I attempted MODESTY BLAISE (which I'd long wanted to see) I couldn't stand more than ten minutes. Which was the case also on THE DAMNED the first 3 or 4 times I tried. Eventually I had to watch it all the way through for a review and I disliked it. Not intensely, mind you... it simply wasn't capable of rousing any emotional reaction that strong. Both struck me as trying so hard to be hip and important & all they were was trying. But there are so many out there who hail him as a genius I can't help but suspect I'm missing something. The Mysterious Mr. Long
WalesGuy		#93	[-]
Posts: 1105 Nov 19 11 11:56 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Watched ISLAND OF DR MOREAU last night, good film, Basehart is unrecognisable under the makeup, but his distinct voice is so commanding. Hope to watch MANSION OF THE DOOMED and HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL next week.
Ken Hanke		#94	[-]
Posts: 71354 Nov 19 11 3:18 PM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You lost me at "good film."
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#95	[-]
Posts: 1809 Nov 19 11 9:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think MODESTY BLAISE is a bit of a hoot if you watch it with low expectations. Now i'm off to do my due diligence. ..."Do you care if I smoke?" ... " I don't care if you burn."
HarryLong		#96	[-]
Posts: 25163 Nov 20 11 8:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, the Lancaster/Basehart MOREAU isn't as good as the Brando/Kilmer version... >>Now i'm off to do my due penance.<< Fixed! And may I recommend the barbed cat o'nine tails this time? The Mysterious Mr. Long
Erik the Mirakle Ape		#97	[-]
Posts: 1809 Nov 21 11 7:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Nothin' like a little pain to let you know you're alive. ..."Do you care if I smoke?" ... " I don't care if you burn."
WalesGuy		#98	[-]
Posts: 1105 Nov 22 11 11:03 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ken Hanke wrote: You lost me at "good film." Good as in enjoyable/entertaining.
Ken Hanke		#99	[-]
Posts: 71354 Nov 22 11 6:01 PM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You still lost me.
nightmarekey		#100	[-]
Posts: 2916 May 29 12 1:39 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ken Hanke wrote: You still lost me. It's my fault (It's happened before)... I got everyone sidetracked on Joseph Losey (some would say Mr. Losey IS a sidetrack).... Be that as it were/may, to Mr. Wales: Richard Basehart did a good job re: HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL... Under Robert Wise's direction, if I'm not mistaken; I hope you get the opportunity to see it soon; as for the other titles, (HOUSE OR MANSION something or other) I wouldn't know. Last Edited By: nightmarekey May 29 12 1:45 AM. Edited 1 times.
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