I just saw There Will Be Blood, directed by PT Anderson. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as an oil man in early twentieth-century California. The intesity of the acting is just incredible. I couldn't look away - the man is awful, thoroughly unlikeable - but completely watchable. It's just amazing. Here's a quote to give you an idea of the character:
"I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people."
And I associated this with the Alec Baldwin part in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross. He, too, was incredibly intense, mean and commanding. Co-star Jack Lemmon said the cast was the greatest acting ensemble he had ever been part of. It's a sort of Death Of A Salesman for the 90's - but the plot is almost secondary to the incredible acting talent on display. If you haven't already seen it, then see it now.
"I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people."
And I associated this with the Alec Baldwin part in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross. He, too, was incredibly intense, mean and commanding. Co-star Jack Lemmon said the cast was the greatest acting ensemble he had ever been part of. It's a sort of Death Of A Salesman for the 90's - but the plot is almost secondary to the incredible acting talent on display. If you haven't already seen it, then see it now.
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Before I moved to San Diego, and was basically careerless, I spent a few months temping in the school of theater where I went to college. Basically answering the phone, and making some copies. So I tapped into their theater library, and read through Mamet's script for "Glengarry Glen Ross", and this Alec Baldwin my-watch-costs-more-than-your-car scene isn't in the original script. For some reason that was a little disappointing. And, if I recall correctly, the other scene with Pacino (the scene in the restaurant with the client cafe-au-lait/your-balls-feel-like-concrete scene) was also not in the original script. Which makes me wonder what it would be like to see this play live on stage.
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