― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Abbott, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Abbott, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― kenan, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― kenan, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Abbott, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― ghost rider, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:11 (seventeen years ago) link
i like the guy who is givin out wings.
― lauren, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Abbott, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― kenan, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― ghost rider, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nicole, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Abbott, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― kenan, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― rps, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nicole, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― stevie, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 23:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― gershy, Thursday, 12 April 2007 03:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 03:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 03:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― gershy, Thursday, 12 April 2007 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― J.D., Thursday, 12 April 2007 09:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 12 April 2007 13:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nicole, Thursday, 12 April 2007 13:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 12 April 2007 13:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 12 April 2007 13:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 12 April 2007 13:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb, Thursday, 12 April 2007 14:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 12 April 2007 14:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 12 April 2007 14:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 12 April 2007 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― lauren, Thursday, 12 April 2007 14:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb, Thursday, 12 April 2007 14:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Just seen The Naked Spur and I'm surprised by just how much he still moves me when he has fear in his eyes or just looks anxious. I seen Vertigo a long time ago and I almost can't believe that he had a similar effect on me.
Hard to prove but I think that there's just a bit of James Stewart in so many American comics with mystery/suspense plots.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 14 August 2023 20:07 (eight months ago) link
From the 50s/60s
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 14 August 2023 20:09 (eight months ago) link
he's the embodiment of the noble good dude in a lot of ways, but when he's unhinged in his performances (which is pretty frequently), it's believable and often frightening. he shows a deep fury in some of the roles which seems impossible to rein in.
― omar little, Monday, 14 August 2023 20:10 (eight months ago) link
even in it's a wonderful life, as things start to fall apart and he starts to lash out, he starts to act more like a family annihilator than a family man.
― omar little, Monday, 14 August 2023 20:12 (eight months ago) link
I had "vertigo" on a computerized Scrabble rack today (I think the letters were even in order) with nowhere to play it. Found an open 'n' on the board and laid "revoting."
― clemenza, Monday, 14 August 2023 20:26 (eight months ago) link
stewart is so great in conflict with himself, those flawed human moments, his reactions are really nuanced & true to life
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 August 2023 20:48 (eight months ago) link
He's more frightening than John Wayne.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 14 August 2023 20:49 (eight months ago) link
stewart is so great in conflict with himself
hell, yes. his best moments on film are sublimely nuanced and calibrated bits of facial expression or physical tension. there are various close-ups in It's a Wonderful Life that are just killer.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 14 August 2023 21:17 (eight months ago) link
I think Ebert said something about how Stewart's combat experience really shown through in most of his post-war performances.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 August 2023 21:28 (eight months ago) link
Oh, good point!
― No Zing Compares 2 HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 August 2023 21:28 (eight months ago) link
I didn’t really know anything about his military service until I just now read up in his Wikipedia page. Seems to me other guys worked on USO-type stuff and propaganda films but he was flying Bomber missions to Germany.
― No Zing Compares 2 HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 August 2023 21:32 (eight months ago) link
yeah his access to that idk “extra gear” that he can shift into must come from that experience for sure, or at least adds to it… he’s not afraid to explore the darker psychological stuff
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 August 2023 21:33 (eight months ago) link
It really came out with Hitchcock and Anthony Mann, but seems to have always been there to some degree.
― No Zing Compares 2 HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 August 2023 22:26 (eight months ago) link
― No Zing Compares 2 HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 August 2023 22:27 (eight months ago) link
ts: crazy-eyed menace vs cold-eyed menace
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 14 August 2023 23:20 (eight months ago) link