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The Church of the Third Revelation: Could you imagine another actor playing Daniel Plainview?

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    Gary Oldman? Anthony Hopkins?

    Sues, you Brando Idea gave me the chills. I would be interested in seeing them all, but DDL did something entirely unique. It is something without precedent and really, without analogy. There is a very slow sing song quality to his vocal inflections. Theres a really drawn out melody to his entire presentation, like hes hypnotizing us, and, by the way we talk about this movie, most of us on a daily basis 4 months since, whats the argument against? Whetehr we like it or not, biased or objective, people still havent summed up this movie or this performance satisfactorily. Even the most articulate reviews still seem bourne from bafflement, an adoring sort. Thank god.

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    Orison Wells -- hahaha -- actually NO i can't think of anyone else. The roll was basically written for him by PT anyways.

    • CommentAuthorsues
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2008
     

    The voice is such a critical part of the Plainview character.  (Weirdly, I was noticing that my mother's doctor is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and he has this sort of unidentifiable, patrician accent, so I had to wonder.)  I think a whole analysis needs to be done of Plainview's speaking patterns, vocabulary, everything.  You know, we keep hearing "oh yeah, DDL learned to box, cut meat, use a bow and arrow, built a canoe, whatever", *BUT* the cadence and tenor of Plainview's speech is of such significance to the character.  The fact that DDL uses his voice in that way is an amazing performance in itself.  What voice has made such an impression since Brando did Don Corleone?

    • CommentAuthorwadeillson
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2008
     

    maybe but iwould never have watched it. lol. to say daniel day lewis is a great actor is an understatement.

    i must confess this type of heavy drama is not my usual cup of tea. but a good movie is a good movie regardless of the

    genre preference.

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    • CommentAuthorwadeillson
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2008
     

    maybe gary oldman i forgot about him lol

    • CommentAuthorwadeillson
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2008 edited
     

    ok total honesty i only watched this movie b/c of daniel day lewis. G.O.N.Y was phenomenal to say the least. and ...

    im finished.

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    My husband suggests Frederick March or Henry Fonda.

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    A friend and I had this conversation, and after a long debate, we decided that the only actor we could both agree on as possibly having the Plainview stuff was...

    Burt Lancaster.

    • CommentAuthorddl_luvr
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2008
     
    I'm also throwing my vote in for Clint Howard. His acting schemata is superfluously sublime.
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    Burt Lancaster was the first actor to come to my mind, too. But then again, if you projected a still photo of Burt Lancaster on the screen, I'd probably stare at that for 2 hours........
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    Here's the combo that made me crazy in fantasyland. DDL still as DP and Burt Lancaster in his Elmer Gantry days as Eli. The intensity of THOSE slapping scenes would be frightening to watch.
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    Wow, that's like a Mothra vs. Godzilla - level fight. One thing for sure, the ending would be different. I think Burt Lancaster would be awfully hard to kill with a bowling pin.
    • CommentAuthorkokakola
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2008
     
    I think that either Edward Norton or Christian Bale, as previously mentioned, could have pulled off the role nicely. Would have been VERY different, though.
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    Last night we watched The Sea Inside, with Javier Bardem as a 55 year old quadriplegic man fighting for his right to die.  It's a great little film, based on a true story, and Bardem hits it out of the park.   Made me think his take on Daniel Plainview might have been interesting, too.  He certainly has the 'big' physicality to pull it off, and the nuance to make it interesting from the inside, too.

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    Javiers got a great voice too.  I would love to hear him say, "I wouldnt take it if you gave it to me as a gift." Amogst other things.  However, as much as I liek him, the more demanding scenes in terms of subtlety, i.e., Dp meeting Paul Sunday, Eli asking DP tp have teh blessing of teh well at 4, teh quali prices scene, on and on, especially the baptism scene, where I think Daniel Day-Lewis hit such an unprecedented range of emotions, compacted into such a finite time frame, and then turning it on its head.  Its confounding that they not only attemoted thact scene, but its execution is fucking sublime.

    I still liek your idea though.  Gary Oldman is another favorite, but it does seem to me that teh actor playing Plainview would have to be "big".

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