One cinematographer said that Meryl Streep was a dream because her skin reflected light so beautifully. I would think Greer Garson and Rosamund Pike might be in that category too.

scsu1975 wrote: ↑Yesterday, 10:03 pm

ziggy6708a wrote: ↑Yesterday, 8:07 pm

-Anyone seen this before?

Saw it all the time on TV when I was a kid. I grew up hating Eddie Albert because of this.

I grew up hating Robert Ryan because of Billy Budd.

1953 Of the 122 films that I have seen from this year these are my favourites ranked in order ... The Wages of Fear The Earrings of Madame De... From Here to Eternity Stalag 17 Roman Holiday El The War of the Worlds The Little Kidnappers Shane Gate of Hell Man on a Tightrope The Cruel Sea Julius Ca...

I saw him once in person on the Sony MGM lot and was just drawn to him like a magnet. It was the day the Rodney King riots broke out.

Of the more modern directors I think Sidney Lumet might be included. It was interesting to see him as a child actor in One Third of a Nation (1939).

William Wyler has to be right up there.

https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/shakespeare_all/1303/preview.jpg John Gielgud spoke of his experience working with James Mason on Julius Caesar (1953). While they were shooting Gielgud was wondering what Mason was up to as he didn't appear to be 'acting' at all. Then when he saw the film he ...

Who's got it? Not necessarily tied to talent but that certain something that separates an actor from the rest of the pack.
I'll start with ...

Guiseppe Rotunno, FELLINI SATYRICON would be my choice for 1969.

1967 Of the 140 films that I have seen from this year these are my favourites ranked in order ... Belle de Jour In Cold Blood Bonnie and Clyde War and Peac e (the year both parts had been released) Cool Hand Luke Bedazzled In the Heat of the Night The Graduate Le Samurai The Dirty Dozen To Sir, Wit...