Matt Singer of The Dissolve on Philip Seymour Hoffman: We don’t talk about actors’ “batting averages” very often—their percentage of hits per at bats—but if we did, Hoffman would have one of the highest of the last 50 years. He was great in great movies like The Master and he was great in bad movies like Along Came Polly. To push the baseball metaphor further, Hoffman was like an all-star utility player; there was seemingly nothing and no one he couldn’t play onscreen—and play it well. He had the charisma to be a leading man (Synecdoche, New York), the intensity to play a diabolical villain (Mission: Impossible III), the chops to do dark comedy (Punch-Drunk Love), and the mimicry skills to capture the essence of an iconic celebrity (Capote). From tiny indies (Love Liza) to the biggest of blockbusters (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), he could—and did—do it all. Full article:
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:37:48 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015