Charles Durning
This one goes out to Mr. Charles Durning. No, he’s not dead. At least not to my knowledge. I just wanted to salute him.
When he appears at the door in the original When A Stranger Calls you honestly don’t know if he’s the killer or an arriving cop. His eyes are dead, and it’s no small amount of creepy. He makes the burnt-out detective utterly ( Read more... )
When he appears at the door in the original When A Stranger Calls you honestly don’t know if he’s the killer or an arriving cop. His eyes are dead, and it’s no small amount of creepy. He makes the burnt-out detective utterly ( Read more... )
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A favorite role for me is Pappy McDaniel (essentially, Doc Hopper pt 2) from Oh Brother Where Art Thou. Great stuff.
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Durning's great at those kinds of roles, to a degree that you don't really think about the complexity of the space he's inhabiting. Newman was the same way, seemingly limited range but massive possible depth.
And that During was the only member of his unit to survive the D-Day invasion, then one of the few who survived the Malmedy Massacre? The man is made of tougher stuff than I.
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