You Gotta Act
You Gotta Act
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Nicolas Cage's maximalist acting is always inspiring, with Charles Bramesco
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Film critic and friend Charles Bramesco joins Manuela to talk about the inspiring and mind-boggling talent of Nicolas Cage, who since the 80s has been bringing his maximalist acting style to shake up Hollywood. They discuss in particular Martin Scorsese's BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, John Woo's FACE/OFF and Panos Cosmatos's MANDY, and how each of these films reveals a different register for Cage to inhabit and reinvent.
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Harvey Keitel's legendary collaborations with first time directors, with Charles Newland - YGA #15
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#harveykeitel #scorsese #tarantino Read exclusive essays accompanying our videos by becoming a £2/month patron at patreon.com/yougottaact Filmmaker Charles Newland talks with Manuela about Harvey Keitel, the unsung hero of '70s American cinema but also a still curious and fascinating actor today. From his start in Martin Scorsese's feature debut WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR in 1967, Keitel ha...
Acting Analysis | Phantom Thread is a masterclass in acting
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#phantomthread #paulthomasanderson #filmanalysis Get exclusive essays to accompany each new take 2 video by supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/yougottaact. Manuela breaks down how Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps brought Reynolds Woodcock and Alma to life in PHANTOM THREAD. Follow You Gotta Act on twitter and Instagram @yougottaact Listen to the You Gotta Act podcast wherever you find...
Acting Analysis | How the cast of Dawn of the Dead makes the horror more real
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#dawnofthedead #horrormovies #filmanalysis Get exclusive essays to accompany each new take 2 video by supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/yougottaact. Manuela Lazić breaks down the performances in George A. Romero's 1978 horror film DAWN OF THE DEAD to figure out how they bring out the film's more complex themes of anti-capitalism and altruism. Follow You Gotta Act on twitter and Instag...
Paul Ridd on how Tom Cruise became a Hollywood icon - YGA#14
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#tomcruise #movies #actors Become a friend of You Gotta Act at patreon.com/yougottaact Acquisitions manager at Picturehouse Entertainment here in the UK, Paul Ridd is also Manuela's friend of many years and an avid DVD and Blu-Ray collector. In this episode, he chose to talk about the one and only Tom Cruise - one of the last true movie stars, and a unique one. From playing ambitious and illust...
Acting Analysis | Matt Damon in The Talented Mr. Ripley
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#mattdamon #filmanalysis #thetalentedmrripley Get exclusive essays to accompany each new take 2 video by supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/yougottaact. Manuela Lazić breaks down what makes Matt Damon's performance in Anthony Minghella's THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY one of the best of his career. Follow You Gotta Act on twitter and Instagram @yougottaact Listen to the You Gotta Act podcast ...
Julian Palmer on Brian De Palma’s BODY DOUBLE - YGA#13
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#briandepalma #thediscardedimage #bodydouble In this special episode, Julian Palmer, the man behind the great video essay channel The Discarded Image, joins Manuela to celebrate their shared birthdays on January 29th and their shared passion for Brian De Palma by talking about his 1984 film about acting, BODY DOUBLE, which gave its name to this podcast! They discuss De Palma's artificiality, hi...
Elena Lazic on the weird and fascinating characters of Robert Pattinson - YGA#12
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#robertpattinson #twilight #thebatman Help us make more videos by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/yougottaact Film critic Elena Lazic returns on the show to talk about Robert Pattinson. From his noticeable turn in HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE and, obviously, TWILIGHT, R Patz has continued to surprise audiences by playing with and against both his anxiety and his natural charm. Elen...
Léo Soesanto on Maggie Cheung's transnational stardom - YGA#11
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#leosoesanto #maggiecheung #movies Help us make more videos by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/yougottaact French film critic (at Libération and elsewhere) and festival programmer (including at the Semaine de la Critique, part of the Cannes Film Festival) Léo Soesanto talks to Manuela about Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung - a true transnational star who left her mark on arthouse cinema as...
XMAS SPECIAL - Denis Ménochet and Jordan Beswick on 3 Xmas movie performances - YGA#10
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#denismenochet #jordanbeswick #movies Help us make more videos by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/yougottaact Since it is harder for friends and family to come together this Christmas, we've decided to make this special episode of YGA as festive and convivial as possible - we're reuniting Denis Ménochet and Jordan Beswick to talk about some Christmas movies! These two friends and collabor...
Dustin Guy Defa on Nicole Kidman's fearlessness - YGA#9
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#movies #nicolekidman #podcast Help us make more videos by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/yougottaact American writer-director-actor Dustin Guy Defa (BAD FEVER, PERSON TO PERSON) talks with Manuela about Nicole Kidman - how she revealed her complexity first in Gus Van Sant's TO DIE FOR, then in Stanley Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT, and how she's continued to seek out challenging parts, such ...
Alex Ross Perry on Geena Davis - YGA#8
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#GeenaDavis #AlexRossPerry #movies Help us make more videos by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/yougottaact Writer-director Alex Ross Perry talks with Manuela about the literal genius that is Geena Davis, who from an unusual start with THE FLY followed up by EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY became an icon of 80s Hollywood cinema. They discuss how Davis' naturalness makes her a flexible, genre-hopping ...
Daniel Waters on the subverting power of Kristen Stewart - YGA#7
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#kristenstewart #twilight #movies Help us make more videos by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/yougottaact Screenwriter Daniel Waters talks to Manuela about Kristen Stewart - how her performance style subverts genres and gives the most fantastical scenes a sense of reality. From her beginnings as a child actor, Waters explains that she was always different and her stardom since the TWILIGH...
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - Elena Lazic on 3 Iconic Cinema Serial Killers - YGA#6
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#halloween #cinema #movies Help us make more videos by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/yougottaact Spooky season means spooky special episode! For the first (but probably not the last) time, Manuela got her sister Elena to come on the show to discuss her specialty: serial killer movies. Elena, also a film critic, explains how horror film performances are truly worthy of more analysis, and...
Catherine Bray on Kathy Burke - YGA#5
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#movies #kathyburke #catherinebray Help us make more videos by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/yougottaact Producer, director and journalist Catherine Bray talks to Manuela about British actress Kathy Burke, who became a national institution thanks to her comedic work on British TV in the 90s and early 2000s, and also won a Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her turn in Ga...
Jordan Beswick on Montgomery Clift's revolutionary realism - YGA#4
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Jordan Beswick on Montgomery Clift's revolutionary realism - YGA#4
Larry Karaszewski on John Cazale's perfect career - YGA #3
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Larry Karaszewski on John Cazale's perfect career - YGA #3
Nico Marzano on the political cinema of Gian Maria Volonté - YGA #2
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Nico Marzano on the political cinema of Gian Maria Volonté - YGA #2
Denis Ménochet on Joaquin Phoenix - YGA #1
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Denis Ménochet on Joaquin Phoenix - YGA #1

Комментарии

  • @Jeckxdeel
    @Jeckxdeel 20 дней назад

    BODY DOUBLE is wonderful. It's one of my favourites all genres/times combined. I rank it in my personal De Palma top 3 with DRESSED TO KILL and BLOW OUT. De Palma is (was) magic (especially at that time)!

  • @aisle_of_view
    @aisle_of_view 2 месяца назад

    Whenever I'm waiting for my morning espresso drink, I'll look over at another customer and say "Dickie Greenleaf? It's Tom!!!"

  • @cilajoao1
    @cilajoao1 5 месяцев назад

    The constant power struggle makes this film a masterpiece in subtilty.

  • @nobodyowens8159
    @nobodyowens8159 5 месяцев назад

    Gosh i can relate to this man in every way . I am tnis guy .

  • @nobodyowens8159
    @nobodyowens8159 5 месяцев назад

    Its not a comedy.its about how hard it is for some people to feel intimacy.once experienced it can change you but if its not in your nature.its tough but it can happen . circumstance can encourage it ,not poisoning as tnis is a metaphor . But other ways.

  • @nobodyowens8159
    @nobodyowens8159 5 месяцев назад

    I would hate the dinner also .

  • @nobodyowens8159
    @nobodyowens8159 5 месяцев назад

    Alma is a gift

  • @spoton7683
    @spoton7683 6 месяцев назад

    At LAST - An insightful review worthy of this SUPERB movie - Thanks! 👍

  • @johnjim6793
    @johnjim6793 6 месяцев назад

    One could also consider the conversation between Freddy Miles (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Tom up in "Dickie's appartment" in Rome. It is an incredibly powerful scene including two absolute acting titans, resulting in almost unbearable tension. From the first moment that Freddy appears, he has been Tom's walking torture. The way he snatches Dickie from him during their trip to Rome, the fact that Tom joins late to breakfast only to discover that Freddy has been mocking him in front of the others for wearing a cord jacket in Italy, all this reaches his climax when Freddy finds Tom in a Roman appartment where he expected to find Dickie. Freddy can sniff that something is foul here although he doesn't have the full picture yet. All this creates a great subtext to this duel between two guys that obviously can not stand each other.

  • @jackiebga
    @jackiebga 6 месяцев назад

    I’ll just say it: Reynolds is laying in bed , sick with poisoning. He envisions his dead mother on the wall at the foot of the bed. Mothers image is wearing the wedding gown Reynolds designed for her…when he was a boy. It is see-through. You can see her nipples. The door opens and Alma walks in to nurse him. Mama disappears and does not return. Reynolds has a new woman to mother his “bad” self. Ok? It’s a sick movie about a sick relationship that began with his sick mother. Hide it in plain site.

  • @arontamas5639
    @arontamas5639 8 месяцев назад

    Everyone killed it in this movie. Matt Damon should have been also nominated not just Jude Law. Gwyneth Paltrow was also so exceptional!!

  • @DRthistle
    @DRthistle 8 месяцев назад

    Interesting to read these comments because a lot of critics thought Damon gave a mediocre performance. I think it is more that they didn't understand the slightly different character that he was portraying in this version as compared with the novel or the original film.

  • @completesentences2125
    @completesentences2125 9 месяцев назад

    My favorite thing to say to my wife is “are you a special agent sent here to ruin my evening?…and possibly my entire life?!” 😂

  • @mikeletaurus4728
    @mikeletaurus4728 9 месяцев назад

    Please, PLEASE forgive me, but you provide the essential and quintessential European perspective. Exactly what a film of this source (America) deserves.

  • @mikeletaurus4728
    @mikeletaurus4728 9 месяцев назад

    Useful commentary on a great film.

  • @user-cw4zj6kc8u
    @user-cw4zj6kc8u 9 месяцев назад

    Yeah I can attest to the multiple watches changes the tone. I watched it the first time and it was incredibly tragic. Then watched a second time and was laughing the whole time. lol

  • @kevinwatson234
    @kevinwatson234 10 месяцев назад

    My favourite movie + film score of all time

  • @WingZeroSymphonics
    @WingZeroSymphonics 10 месяцев назад

    This is a good one. Both the analysis and the performance. The asparagus scene.

  • @notshetocastarz
    @notshetocastarz 10 месяцев назад

    Non credo ,diversamente da altri pareri che non ci sia nulla di comico in questa scena, è l’espressione della complessità dei rapporti umani, gli argomenti, asparago o altro, sono puri pretesti perché i due possano manifestare i reciproci disagi, le proprie più o meno ossessive convinzioni, i propri bisogni di controllo l’uno sull’altro, cosa c’è da ridere? È una scena cupamente dura, molto naturale, in parte improvvisata dai due interpreti, dei geni!!!

  • @Littleneddygtw
    @Littleneddygtw 10 месяцев назад

    What a great video you made. Thank you. “Right now I’m just admiring my own gallantry for eating it the way you prepared it”

  • @dfa3366
    @dfa3366 11 месяцев назад

    Matt Damon in the 90's is his best work. From School Ties to Good Will Hunting and the underrated John Gresham's The Rainmaker and of course this movie. The ending of this movie is so different than the book. In fact Meredith is not even a character in the book. She was written in for the movie.

  • @Lapeepee
    @Lapeepee 11 месяцев назад

    I’ve seen Phantom Thread thrice now, and the way you have introduced new ideas and thoughts of how I personally observed the scenes in this movie is superb. You are absolutely right in that there is a new way to observe the film each time. Simply wonderful job you have done here.

  • @JackKinross
    @JackKinross 11 месяцев назад

    I watched this incredible film for the first time last night, brilliant in every way. Enjoyed your take on it, thank you. Will be watching Phantom Thread again soon.

  • @dr.emilschaffhausen4683
    @dr.emilschaffhausen4683 Год назад

    "Cut to the present, and an increasingly sex-positive culture is learning to recognize the basic harmlessness of gay men using a space conceived for communal sexuality as intended, as well as the reactionary motivations for police to intrude." - Charles Bramesco Sounds like something a pervert would write. Care to defend it?

  • @lordsgirl1123
    @lordsgirl1123 Год назад

    What I’d like to hear from someone is just one comment about Reynolds’s mother. Why is no one discussing this 500 lb gorilla in the room? Obviously “mother” is key to her children’s personalities and relationship and goes a long way toward explaining the sick relationship between the lovers.

    • @hertor8803
      @hertor8803 6 месяцев назад

      I agree that is often overlooked. He obviously worshipped his mother and she has left a huge hole in his life which adds to the dynamic. When he is sick she essentially becomes his mother. Just one of the many levels this masterpiece is operating on.

  • @lordmclovin3694
    @lordmclovin3694 Год назад

    Bramesco looks like someone Tim Ballard would arrest.

  • @sundaylass6828
    @sundaylass6828 Год назад

    Love this film and love Matt's performance ❤ new sub! Oh & love your analysis!

  • @fortisfortunaadiuvat9262
    @fortisfortunaadiuvat9262 Год назад

    Charles Dude is there seriously something wrong with calling the sound of freedom a qanon movie Are you that emotionally insecure and have no soul for the subject matter? Children dude really ?

  • @devinmorris9887
    @devinmorris9887 Год назад

    I love this movie

  • @stephaniestanley8041
    @stephaniestanley8041 Год назад

    What a great review

  • @__diosito__
    @__diosito__ Год назад

    Bramesco is a soyboy

  • @thelaughingface6159
    @thelaughingface6159 Год назад

    Please discuss the film "Calvary" with Brendan Gleeson. Very interesting analysis. I have seen Phantom Thread about 10 times!

  • @lisasilenzi
    @lisasilenzi Год назад

    omg its leonardo dicaprio

  • @ld3507
    @ld3507 Год назад

    The two breakfast scenes: the first with Joanna "I can't begin my day with a confrontation, please" I love that line! I immediately started using it when needed lol and then Alma with the scapping of the toast and the butter knife clanking and the tea...Reynolds irritation "There's entirely too much movement..." and then after they'd gotten married and were sitting outside having breakfast and his facial reaction to her scrapping her teeth to eat the I'm thinking honey/sticky like substance out of her spoon...all of the above are so classic if you've ever known upclose this type of behavior that Reynolds displays, it is hilarious to watch! I am totally fascinated with this movie, the performances, sountrack, everything! I've watched it I don't know how many times and I keep finding more and more layers. Lesley Manville is superb. She says more with a look than a page of dialog could offer. I love the fondness that grows between the two women. Cyril's expression when Alma is modeling is so telling as are all of Cyril's expressions. Fabulous movie. I found the dynamics between Reynolds and Alma fascinating. This had me totally drawn in! Great analysis...I just found you and what a treat that the movie you were discussing was this wonderful brilliantly performed film. Thank you!

  • @HessSR
    @HessSR Год назад

    Thanks a lot for this video! Great analysis

  • @wenjingzheng2159
    @wenjingzheng2159 Год назад

    this is so helpful and thoughtful! Thank you!

  • @marichristian1072
    @marichristian1072 Год назад

    "Phantom Thread" is the film that should have won the Oscar instead of "Shape of Water". It's an exquisite film with glorious costumes and music . The House of Woodcock reminds me of the Queen's perennial designer Norman Hartnell and his House, which served mainly the aristocracy- certainly not the bourgeoisie. Strangely, nothing in this film made me laugh. The relationship between Woodcock and Alma cut too close to the bone. Yes, she made him very ill with the mushrooms but those very mushrooms gave him a much desired contact( even if it was a hallucination) of his first love- his mother. I'm impressed with this sensitive analysis. Thank you.

  • @shooshatowers8059
    @shooshatowers8059 Год назад

    Dickie believes he is invincible. He's young, wealthy, entitled. He's slumming and goofing off. His future is assured, he thinks, a golden future with a woman who is a wealthy, blueblood, like himself regardless of what he does, or how many lives he crushes. Tom, on the other hand, is hungry. He knows the desperation of poverty and a lower status. He wants acceptance from Dickie as an equal, for his own sake.

  • @mattyd3079
    @mattyd3079 Год назад

    I really enjoyed your analysis. I have also watched this film many times. It’s the psychological aspects of Tom and Damon’s great acting that make the film so interesting. There’s so much in it. Thanks for uploading 😊

  • @ALLfemalesLiecheatnsteal
    @ALLfemalesLiecheatnsteal Год назад

    ❤this story was personal for me. I befriended a covert narcissist sociopath. Everything about Tom Ripley reminded me of him and all the damage he left behind.

    • @SarahSASshow
      @SarahSASshow 2 месяца назад

      same i dated one person who is exactly like ripley... lucky i got out of it.

  • @damianstarks3338
    @damianstarks3338 Год назад

    Great analysis of these black and white serial killer movies.

  • @iammraat3059
    @iammraat3059 Год назад

    Hopefully new episodes come out

  • @rhishishurv5511
    @rhishishurv5511 Год назад

    Love this channel. I like the way you explain so beautifully LOVE FROM INDIA🙏🙏🙏

  • @beingjohn392
    @beingjohn392 Год назад

    You did a very nice job here. Thank you, and continued success with your career in the industry. After listening to your full analysis, I am really impressed by it.

  • @thelifeofslice4526
    @thelifeofslice4526 Год назад

    I'll support you on Patreon and tell everyone i know about you in exchange for a conversation with you.

  • @thorfox3562
    @thorfox3562 Год назад

    Brilliant commentary. Thank you 🙏

  • @meandermyan2079
    @meandermyan2079 Год назад

    Thank you so much❤great analysis

  • @DelGuy03
    @DelGuy03 Год назад

    Thank you! I am so happy to find an appreciation of this performance, which I think is still Damon's best, and one of the best acting performances in the last couple of decades of film. It completely changed my opinion of him; previously he seemed like another studio-made "star" who had the advantage of being young and personable, but with The Talented Mr. Ripley I saw that he was a real actor, someone who could convey layers and nuances in a way that one seldom sees. The movie itself made a huge impression on me, as a perfect depiction (quite different from the book) of a longing to "belong," the joy of briefly being accepted, and then the pain and anger at being cast out, and after that the fear that a loveless solitary life is all that his future holds. His speech about the "key" to a person's innermost identity is a classic.

  • @nellywouters690
    @nellywouters690 Год назад

    J'ai vu ce film. Mat Damon est un très bon acteur. L'hitoire de ce film est fabuleux et le role de Mat Damon esf incroyable. J'ai adoré la façon dont il joue une double personally. Il tue sont rival pour prendre ça place et il arrive a manipulater tout le monde. Superbe film.🇧🇪🙏👍👌🎥🎞🎬🌈🌍💖🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @pdruiz2005
    @pdruiz2005 Год назад

    Just re-watched this movie about three weeks ago with a friend who didn't know what it was about. I haven't seen it in years. We're both gay men. It reminded me that this film is one of the best LGBTQ+ movies I've ever seen, but rarely acknowledged as such, and that Matt Damon is an incredible actor. Ripley's disarming, child-like attitude is not an act--that's his true self. But Ripley also has a far more sinister side that comes out when he's humiliated, abandoned or threatened. As for his amoral, manipulative and forceful social climbing, that's Ripley's third side--his sociopathy and narcissism, where he will stop at nothing to be recognized as one of the rich and pampered. Combine these three with a fourth--his homosexuality, highly taboo in the 1950s--and you get a very lethal combination. Truly a captivating tale of one of the most complex antihero protagonists in the history of cinema.