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Old 07-01-2007, 04:01 PM   #8 of 11
Mario Gauci
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Re: Best Male & Female Leading Performance of all time


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Originally Posted by Michael Elliott
Brando LAST TANGO IN PARIS (easy selection; followed by WATERFRONT)

Hmmm....I'll have to think about the female part as I feel women's roles have been pretty poor from the start of cinema up to today.

I knew Marlon Brando in LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972) was going to be your choice, Mike...but, while I agree that it is an extraordinary performance, the dialogue he is made to utter...er...mumble is so utterly [sic] pretentious and self-indulgent!

And, surely, you can't be serious about your second claim, right?


P.S. On a less adventurous day, Falconetti in THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928) would have been my obvious choice of best-ever female performance.


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