BaalChatzaf Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Martin Landau, the noted actor, died July 15. He was 89. He had a full and varied career and won many awards for his acting. He gave back to the profession and other actors a great deal. He had a good run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 One of the villains in North By Northwest. --Brant gotta love our movie villains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrakusos Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 We are supposed to always speak well of the dead, lest they come back and haunt us. I believe that Martin Landau's best work was in Woody Allen's Crimes & Misdemeanors. When he and Barbara Bain took over Mission Impossible and moved on to Space: 1999, I was already influenced by Ayn Rand and found Martin Landau and Barbara Bain to be examples of existentialism in the performing arts: the meaninglessness of life expressed as shallow comments about routine activities. That is why I really liked his performance in Crimes & Misdemeanors, where he played an average person who attempted an out-of-bounds action without considering the consequences. There's a lesson there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 3 hours ago, syrakusos said: We are supposed to always speak well of the dead, lest they come back and haunt us. I believe that Martin Landau's best work was in Woody Allen's Crimes & Misdemeanors. When he and Barbara Bain took over Mission Impossible and moved on to Space: 1999, I was already influenced by Ayn Rand and found Martin Landau and Barbara Bain to be examples of existentialism in the performing arts: the meaninglessness of life expressed as shallow comments about routine activities. That is why I really liked his performance in Crimes & Misdemeanors, where he played an average person who attempted an out-of-bounds action without considering the consequences. There's a lesson there... I thought his portrayal of Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood" was pure gold. I believe he won an Oscar for playing that role. Also his portrayal of the financial adviser to Howard Tucker was first rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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