RIP Kirk Douglas
Discussion
garagewidow said:
Just seen it on the bbc news,
End of a legend from the golden years of film.
The next generation of action type movies included the likes of Eastwood, Reynolds and even McQueen, and co: it was a gradual move from there on towards Stallone, Schwarzenegger et al. The thing with Douglas was that he was a decent ‘actor’ who happened to coincide with the Hollywood blockbuster period along with a select few (Lancaster, Burton etc) who could act and action. (Sure there were dozens of ‘cowboy’ actors who were just that, but genuine versatile hollywood stars? Not so much).End of a legend from the golden years of film.
Edited by Ridgemont on Thursday 6th February 01:48
Edited by Ridgemont on Thursday 6th February 01:50
Big-Bo-Beep said:
unsure why his career went down the crapper after Telemark, he never made a decent movie after that and he was only 50 or so.
was he " difficult " i wonder, or a bit of a leftie.
Don’t think it was that: times had changed. His derring do mixed with angst wasn’t the formula. was he " difficult " i wonder, or a bit of a leftie.
The scene in Spartacus when Kirk first escapes from gladiator school and is smashing the overseers head into the vat of steaming gruel and drowning him in it always seemed incredibly visceral and perhaps a tad too realistic for the other actors liking.
Kirk seems to smash his face on the cauldron as well as drowning him. The baddy earnt his money in that scene.
A good body of work.
Yes we are all Spartacus..
Kirk seems to smash his face on the cauldron as well as drowning him. The baddy earnt his money in that scene.
A good body of work.
Yes we are all Spartacus..
Edited by peterperkins on Thursday 6th February 07:38
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