My Five-Movies

after you complete watching a movie you move on to other thing's but only some film's get you thinking. some, because of their spectacular special effect's some because of their plot and a very few because of their performances. here's the list of five best performance's which moved me.


1. daniel day lewis ( in the name of father ).

after hearing the death news of his father. daniel day lewis come's out through the front door. stop's in front of the large gathering of press and with tears dwelling in his eyes he shouts " my father was an innocent man ". this is the most chilling scene in movie. this scene alone deserve's a best scene oscar if there's any. the performance got him an oscar nomination though he lost out to tom hank's who on the other side delivered an extremely moving performance in philadelphia. interestingly daniel day was the first choice for philadelphia instead he opted for in the name of father which he felt was a far more challenging role. i place this at the top of my list beacause daniel day has always been a self made actor no acting schools, no god father's, no lee strasberg's( the person who introduced method acting ). what amazes me the most is the way he pick's his movies when all his counterpart's are busy signing million dollar deals with the studios this guy is busy warming up for a role he has signed an year ago.


2. jeff bridges ( the big lebowski ).

probably the most underrated actor of all time's jeff bridges play's this guy who calls himself dude. you can make an other cool hand luke casting a brad pitt or a depp but not an other big lebowski. no wonder they call him king of cool. you watch this flick you come out and all off a sudden you start behaving like the guy you've seen on the screen such is the impact of his performance. the smart one liner's which would have sounded like shit coming out of any other superstar of hollywood sound like sweet symphony when this guy utter's them...........the dude abide's.


3. sasson gabbai ( the band's visit )

only one among every thousand in hyderabad would have seen this movie. i stiil remember the reason why i forced myself to watch this movie. i sat down to watch this because i've run out of movies and this was the last unseen flick alive in my hard disk. it started rather slowly fortunately i consoled my self and continued watching it only to find myself wiping my tears at the end of it. didn't knew the name of this guy sasson gabbai though he looked a bit like ben kingsley. beleive me he was the only guy who made me cry in recent times. he play's this lonely guy who fall's in love with a woman long after the death of his wife and child. if grief and loneliness be made into a man it look's like sasson gabbai.



4. kristin scott thomas ( i've loved you so long ).


here scot thomas surpasses everthing she has done before. is she the greatest actress alive? yes, wait no there's meryl streep. assume meryl streep was never born and all the great movies she has done were never made. then yes, scott thomas is the greatest actress alive. she play's the role of a mother who's just released from prison after serving fourteen long years for killing her son. you hate her for what she has done you feel like smashing her face with a baseball bat if given a chance. but, when you get to know the reason you run out of words. a sensation of shame run's through you for hating her this long. prior to this movie i've only remembered her doing comedy's which she is so good at but with this she redefined herself. long may she live, and work.



5. javier camara ( hable con ella ).


except the first two the rest are predominantly unknown performances which demand a standing ovation and appreciation. i've heard twenty year old's telling me they are committed and every time i hear someone saying that i feel like showimg them javier camara in hable con ella . he paly's benigno martini a 30 year old nurse who loves a ballet dancer but the latter doesn't know who this guy is. this is the story of a person who defines love through his actions rather than words. he nurses the girl he loves for years and years without expecting anything in return. forgive me if i am getting a little preachy but after watching this you cant help preaching. i take pride in telling you people that i saw this movie " hable con ella " one of the most disturbing love stories ever made.



of the few people who read this if anybody's interested in watching these movies i've mentioned above. i have all five of them..........