The actor: Viggo Mortensen The character: Tom Stall (OR IS HE) The film: A History of Violence The quote: “I should have killed you back in Philly.” There aren’t that many shots like the one that David Cronenberg uses when Mortensen says this line. The camera is not quite directly overhead Mortensen while he’s on… Read More Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #65
One of the Grantland legacies I’m fond of, although I’m sure the idea didn’t start there, is the championship belt (RIP Grantland, long live Barnwell and Hyden). The purpose is to go year by year and create a list of who’s at the top of some field, which is a deceptively simple task, and one… Read More Anglophone Director Championship Belt, 1918-2018
Dir. David Cronenberg. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris It’s almost too bad that A History of Violence isn’t a French movie about a reformed mobster from the tough streets of Marseille who escapes to the Massif Central and starts a family, because then the title would make a little more sense. In English, the term… Read More A History of Violence (2005)
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