Bruce I completely agree! Well said! He was one of the greats! Glengarry Ross was such performance! RIP Alan Arkin Philipp
> On Jun 30, 2023, at 7:56 PM, Tom Martin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > nice tribute Bruce > Tom > Hollywood dream factory® > since 1977 > > > >> On 2023-06-30 21:09, Bruce Hershenson wrote: >> RIP Alan Arkin :( >> I was too young to see Enter Laughing on Broadway in 1963 (or rather >> my parents mistakenly thought so!), I so wish I could have seen what >> super young Alan Arkin did with that role! >> I DID see “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming" in 1966 >> and recognized his comic brilliance. Just one year later he did a 180 >> and played a psychotic killer SO brilliantly I was convinced he WAS >> that person in real life! >> Over the next few years I watched everything he did on film (I sadly >> never saw his Broadway work), and although much of it was beneath him, >> he always shone, and one could see what attracted him to each role. >> It wasn't until 1979 that he found his masterpiece. He co-starred in >> “The In-Laws” and while Peter Falk and Richard Libertini had far >> flashier roles, Mr. Arkin held his own against them, most especially >> in the immortal "flies with beaks" dinner scene (see >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqKadJiNZ4s [1]). >> He continued acting for decades, and gave some really fine >> performances in movies like “Glengarry Glen Ross” and “Little >> Miss Sunshine”. I selfishly wish he had made even more movies than >> he did, and that he done more broad comedy. But what a great body of >> work he left behind! >> See https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/movies/alan-arkin-dead.html [2] >> (if you can get through their paywall). >> ------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> [3] >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqKadJiNZ4s >> [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/movies/alan-arkin-dead.html >> [3] https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ---- > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
