RIP Robert Duvall

[revolution saint]

Had a good old innings and leaves a decent body of work. Everyone will bang on about The Godfather and Apocalypse Now but Days of Thunder beats them both hands down and he was great in it.

[whelk]

Blimey didn’t realise he was that old. Great actor and left a great body of work

[skintsaint]

Funnily enough watched Falling Down on Sat night. Good actor.

[Patrick Bateman]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

Blimey didn’t realise he was that old. Great actor and left a great body of work

My thoughts too, time sucks.

[31cc]

1 hour ago, skintsaint said:

Funnily enough watched Falling Down on Sat night. Good actor.

"Fuck you very much!"

Superb actor, raised the quality of any film he was in. RIP.

[sadoldgit]

16 hours ago, revolution saint said:

Had a good old innings and leaves a decent body of work. Everyone will bang on about The Godfather and Apocalypse Now but Days of Thunder beats them both hands down and he was great in it.

His cameo in Apocalypse Now! was special though.

I’d forgotten that he was the original Major Frank Burns in M*A*S*H too. 

Great actor. RIP.
 

[revolution saint]

1 hour ago, sadoldgit said:

His cameo in Apocalypse Now! was special though.

I’d forgotten that he was the original Major Frank Burns in M*A*S*H too. 

Great actor. RIP.
 

Obviously subjective but I found Apocalypse Now to be overrated and one of the most boring films I think I've ever watched.  It's become one of those sacrosanct untouchable films that everyone must consider a classic but I can't stand it.  It's based on Heart of Darkness by  Joseph Conrad and that's just as bad.

Duvall was a great actor though.

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, revolution saint said:

Obviously subjective but I found Apocalypse Now to be overrated and one of the most boring films I think I've ever watched.  It's become one of those sacrosanct untouchable films that everyone must consider a classic but I can't stand it.  It's based on Heart of Darkness by  Joseph Conrad and that's just as bad.

Duvall was a great actor though.

It fizzles out at the end. Even more so than the Wizard of Oz.

[sadoldgit]

1 hour ago, Whitey Grandad said:

It fizzles out at the end. Even more so than the Wizard of Oz.

I agree, but the helicopter attack sequence and Duvall’s performance are rightly considered as Hollywood gold.

[whelk]

2 hours ago, revolution saint said:

It's become one of those sacrosanct untouchable films that everyone must consider a classic but I can't stand it

Could start a thread - like the music one. Can’t think to hand other films but know exactly what you mean.

[revolution saint]

Yeah, good idea, probably does deserve its own iconoclastic thread.