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What is your favourite movie monologue?

08 Wednesday Aug 2012

Posted by vinnieh in Movie opinions and thoughts

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Monologues have been in the movies since the early talkies. I think a monologue is an interesting tool to use in a movie, as it can be a multitude of different things. It can be either highly dramatic and intuitive or very funny. So have a think, which is your favourite of the many solo speeches that have abounded in the movies?

What is your favourite debut performance by an actor or actress?

08 Wednesday Aug 2012

Posted by vinnieh in Movie opinions and thoughts

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Breaking the Waves, Debut performances, Dustin Hoffman, Edward Norton, Emily Watson, Leon, Natalie Portman, Primal Fear, The Color Purple, The Graduate, Whoopi Goldberg

Sometimes a debut performance by a rising star can go unnoticed, but in some cases there are debuts that transform careers and announce the arrival of a whole new talent. I am writing this post as I have seen quite a few debut performances that really stuck in my memory. So have a think about which debuts had an impact on you and why?In case people out there are struggling to remember debut performances, I will list some of the ones that I consider very memorable:

Mathilde Leon

Natalie Portman as Mathilde, a young girl who wishes to avenge her families murder and is taken in by a hit man in Leon.

Aaron Stampler

 

Edward Norton as Aaron Stampler, a stuttering altar boy accused of murder in Primal Fear.

Benjamin Braddock

Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, a college graduate who begins an affair with an attractive older woman in The Graduate.

Bess McNeill

Emily Watson as Bess McNeill, a devoutly religious woman who takes other partners at the wish of her paralysed husband in Breaking the Waves.

Whoopi Goldberg as Celie Harris, a poor girl who must overcome adversityCelie Harris, prejudice and abuse in The Color Purple.

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