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Slate.com’s Jessica Winter dissects how Pacino, unlike his peers (Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson), became better at playing the role of the “Famous Person” than what he did to become famous.
Liked this post? Subscribe to us. Print It. Share it:Pacino increasingly sought out big, shouty parts and then inflated them past their already outsized proportions: He out-Sataned Satan in The Devil’s Advocate (1997), spontaneously combusted at regular intervals in Two for the Money (2005), and imitated a disgruntled spaniel in this year’s Ocean’s Thirteen.
The victory of shtick over craft is disheartening. It’s important to remember, though, that the man is a populist, whether he’s communing with admirers outside the stage door or directing Looking for Richard, a film obsessed with making Shakespeare accessible to a mass audience. [link]
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1 The Chapati Kid // Aug 13, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Big shouty parts. I like that. And so true. Although nothing can take Carlito’s Way away from him. And Scarface. Does the author forget that? That’s what made him a living legend.
2 The Great Ganesha // Aug 14, 2007 at 10:45 am
and what about Scent of a Woman, Serpico and the mother of all movies - Godfather (but only 1 and 2)?
i think she’s talking about what’s happened to him now, more than his earlier stuff. he’s been doing stuff that really rankles…
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