Stage Actor Charles Nolte as Billy Budd, 1951
#CharlesNolte (1923– 2010) was a Minnesota born #actor, director, playwright, + educator. He made his #Broadway debut in a production of Antony and Cleopatra, but it was the 1951 Broadway production of #BillyBudd playing the title role that brought him his greatest fame. He went on to appear in several hollywood films, but ended his career teaching at the #UniversityofMinnesota
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Watching #Sopranos. Season 4, Episode 12, "Eloise," really has it all: #Pal'sCabin in #WestOrange, #BillyBudd, and #LeslieFiedler.
Watching the #Sopranos. Eloise is episode 12, Season 4, and it has everything! #Pal'sCabin (#WestOrange), #BillyBudd, and #LeslieFiedler.
Claire Denis loosely adapts Melville's Billy Budd- a story about the human desire to destroy something pure and beautiful, with a sensual, languid imagery. Arid, rocky Djibouti backdrop clashes with smooth, muscular bodies of young Legionnaires as they carry on their boring daily routines with no real enemies in sight. Galoup, a seasoned military man takes an immediate dislike to a beautiful, righteous new recruit Sentain and looks for excuses to destroy him. His feelings are mixture of desire, jealousy and envy. It's Lavant's physicality on full display here. His pockmarked face and athleticism dominate the screen. I thought Galoup's narration was unnecessary at first since it doesn't add anything much to the plot. Then again, Denis has little concerns for that. On this viewing, I can see how it accentuates Galoup's loneliness and isolation. The ending is definitely my favorite movie ending of all time.
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It's Lavant's physicality on full display here. His pockmarked face and athleticism dominate the screen. I thought Galoup's narration was unnecessary at first since it doesn't add anything much to the plot. Then again, Denis has little concerns for that. On this viewing of Beau Travail, I can see how it accentuates Galoup's loneliness & isolation. The ending is definitely my favorite movie ending of all time. #ClaireDenis #DenisLavant #HermanMelville #billybudd
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