Philip Seymour Hoffman portrait of Philip Seymour Hoffman
The unassuming actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) had a brilliant resume and won the 78th Academy Award for Best Actor in 2006 for Capote (2005). Coming from New York University majoring in theater, he has a solid foundation in acting and has many years of acting experience in Hollywood.
1999's Genius Ripley/The Talented Mr. Ripley and Magnolia with Tom Cruise's Magnolia/Mind Corner were refreshing, and Capote took him to the pinnacle of his career.
Philip Seymour Hoffman's characters from various periods
Philip Seymour Hoffman again showed his gorgeous acting skills in The Master (2012), playing the founder of the sect, Lancaster Dodd, "the master", who was very charismatic and attracted a large number of followers, with Joaquin Phoenix playing his right-hand man.
As the sect grew in power, The assistant played by Jacqueline Phoenix became suspicious of the "master", and the delicate relationship between the two became the focus of attention. What Lancaster Dodd once said to his young believer may have been what he said to himself: "You don't have to apologize, you are a shameless person." ”
Scene from the movie The Master (2012).
For a moment, you can almost imagine the actor saying this to the broken, displaced souls he plays—the fallen, the outcasts, the marginalized, the ordinary people struggling with their lives. Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't have to apologize to anyone for them.
Anyone who has seen Philip Seymour Hoffman will never forget his appearance: fluffy blond hair, a dough-like face, a big belly crumbling under a T-shirt, constantly yawning and muttering, like the kind of that would be pressed to the ground and beaten and would not dare to fight back.
He died in his own office in Greenwich Village at the age of 46 with a needle stuck in his arm. He has always been known for playing supporting roles. Because he is twisted and fat, and has no romantic temperament, directors like to ask him to provide the film with a little sense of absurdity and frustration in life, and every time he can make the audience remember him in two minutes.
In his abrupt and astonishing acting career, the depth of his aggressive and undaunted "stomach-wrenching" characters is his artistic achievement – as demonstrated in several collaborations with director Paul Thomas Anderson.
A scene from the film Boogie Night (1997), Philip Seymour Hoffman wearing sunglasses behind philip seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman first gave the impression of 1997's "Unruly Nights/Fame in One Fell Swooper", in which he played Scotty, a basic action film crew member, who repeatedly whimpered "I'm really Nyima stupid" after clumsily teasing the film's protagonist, Dirk Tigler (Mark Wahlberg).
Soon after, in Todd Sorenz's Todd Solondz's Are You Happy? / Love Me Makes Me Happy Happy (1998), he takes this "obscenity" a step further, playing a dick youth who makes pornographic phone calls to strangers in his spare time.
The movie "Are You Happy?" /Love Me Makes Me Happy (1998) stills
Once again, Philip Seymour Hoffmann digs out the lamentable aspects of the pathetic figure, revealing the inner loneliness and hopelessness beneath the distorted appearance of sexual desire.
At that time, he had a highland red face, a fat body, and had nothing to do with hollywood's glamorous beauty, and his appearance that people did not dare to compliment was really difficult to feel good. The wonder of Philip Seymour Hoffman's early screen performances is that he does not seem to shy away from polite hints such as his incompatibility with "traditional aesthetics", and even does the opposite, drilling deeper and deeper into the dark path, as if to explore the lower limits of his own disgusting human ability.
Scene from the film Punch-Drunk Love (2002).
If it's not against myself, it's hard to find any other explanation, and in a 2011 interview with The Guardian, Philip Seymour Hoffman himself acknowledged the less likable impulses of the year: "Like everyone, I've had insecurities and fears, and now they're over." But for the one I used to fight against those things, I was interested at the time. ”
Fortunately, Philip Seymour Hoffman's stunning performance span and superb acting skills are by no means limited to the twisted, fat wretched creatures, though they are also rich and peculiar.
Stills from the film Scent of a Woman (1992), with Philip Seymour Hoffman on the right
It has been on the silver screen since the early 1990s. His first impressionable role was that of a student in 1992's Scent of a Woman. Because of the line in the film When Men Fall in Love with a Man Loves a Woman (1994), "Hey, that's the man!" "His popularity in the United States has grown tremendously.
In 1999, he ushered in a breakthrough in his acting career. In Joe Schumacher's "Flawless/Boss Slow Half-Beat Flolawless," he disguises himself as an aging transvestite and competes with Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, a performance full of weirdness and anger.
A scene from the film Flawless/Boss Slow Half-Shot Flolawless (1999).
That same year, he also gave impressive performances in two major films with strong lineups. In Anthony Minghella's Genius Ripley/Scheming The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), he plays freddie Myers, a criminal murder bystander, who doesn't play much but is a big hit — considering the co-stars are Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and Kate Blanchett Courte Blanchett, this feat is remarkable.
In Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia/Mind Corner Magnolia (1999), he uncharacteristically starred as a gentle, kind caregiver who radiated a warm glow in the cold cruelty of human nature.
Location of the film Geniused Mr. Ripley (1999), directed by Anthony Minghella (second from left) Philip Seymour Hoffman (second from right)
The following year, he played the broad-minded rock critic Lester Bongers in Cameron Crowe's Near Famer crowe's Near Fame/Fame (2000).
The role is a gift for film lovers around the world, especially for a certain professional group— he tells viewers that critics should excel at passion and honesty, not criticism and meanness. One of Lester Bonggs's lines in the film is, "Be honest and disregard for emotion," and this phrase can also serve as a reflection of Philip Seymour Hoffman's acting career. )
A scene from the film Near Fame/Road to Fame (2000).
Still, if you want to get a glimpse of criticism and meanness, it's enough to see the aggressive CIA agent in 2007 (the film's director Mike Nichols is also the director of Philip Seymour Hoffman's stage productions Death of a Salesman and Seagull), and his passionate and laissez-faire performance earned Philip Seymour Hoffman the second of his four Oscar nominations.
From starting out as a nameless person, to a talented supporting role, to finally becoming a screen protagonist who combines wisdom, prestige and emotional power, Philip Seymour Hoffman's film experience is shocking.
Stills from the film Charlie Wilson's War, Tom Hanks (left) Philip Seymour Hoffman (right)
The highlights of his screen career came from the brilliant rivalry: The Savages (2007) with Laura Linney as a pair of quarreling middle-aged siblings; Edward Norton Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson Rosaro Dawson and Anna in 25 hours and 25th Hour (2002). • Paquin Anna Paquin composes new Yorkers in the post-911 era; Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) with Marisa Tomei and Ethan Hawke of Ethan Hawke.
A scene from the film Meet Polly Along Came Polly (2004).
Even Capote, which earned him the well-deserved Academy Award for Best Actor. At that time, Philip Seymour Hoffman seemed to have suddenly penetrated Truman Capote's diminutive body and mastered his nervous and strange behavior.
What impresses most about the film is not Philip Seymer Hoffman's witty gestures and shrill voice, but his intimate conversations with Clifton Collins Jr., jr., who plays cold-blooded killer Perry Smith, and katherine Keener, who plays Capote's friend Harper Lee.
Scene from the film Capote Capote (2005).
In fact, Catherine Keener has worked on the screen with Philip Seymour Hoffman many times, and each time it has been extremely impressive. The couple's last, and perhaps best, collaboration was played by a pair of musician lovers in Late Quartet A Late Quartet (2012), which unfortunately didn't get enough attention.
Another actor he has worked with many times is Amy Adams, whose suffocating rivalry as husband and wife in "The Master" and a harmonious pair of priests and nuns in 2008's "Child Abuse Doubts" are a couple of priests and nuns.
A scene from the movie "Child Abuse Doubts Dobt"
Actors who have always felt good should first have two qualities: that is, hiding and changing. The so-called hiding is to hide yourself behind the role and make people forget your daily public image, whether it is ugly or handsome, publicity or low-key. In the movie, it's just this character.
Everything else that belongs to the actors themselves needs to be hidden. If you hide yourself, you still need to change. Good actors don't stick to the same type of role, they try and change, and each role brings new surprises to the audience. He is a very good actor who can hide and change.
Philip Seymour Hoffman won the 78th Academy Award for Best Actor for Capote (2005).
In Philip Seymour Hoffman's last two films, the confused drunkard in God's Pocket (2014) is unsentimental, and for both professionals and audiences, this is not a normal reaction to Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance.
The German intelligence officer in "Most Wanted Man" (2014) is different, a man who is determined to carry out an extremely difficult task, while Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance is full of mixed emotions and is very attractive. The role also gives a glimpse of how Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance is outstanding from beginning to end.
Stills from the movie Most Wanted Man (2014).
More talk will focus on the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, delving into philip Seymer Hoffman's history of drug addiction, which was contracted while studying in college, when it had already developed to the point of endangering life. He went to a drug rehabilitation center at the age of 22 and lived clean for 23 years. But desire always pounces back fiercely,
In 2013 he was forced to go to a drug rehabilitation center. It's hard to tell if it's because drugs have given him a richer life experience (including pain and struggle) or just a pretext for weak will. Just as it is difficult to judge whether science teaches Hollywood more creativity or confusion and ignorance.
Scene from the film Murder Of The Big Lebowski (1998).
People express the irony of life for an actor who has always had perfect control over every word and every look on the screen, but once again surrendered to the temptation of sin after many years of recovery.
When a performer's work is so penetrating, so deep and complete, it is difficult for us to resist the desire to explore his private life, as if philip Seymour Hoffmann's talent somehow gives us the right to glimpse his soul, or at least to know why he left and how he left us.
"You're lost. You feel like you're off track, right? These questions on you... You make me feel déjà vu. ”
These words come from Philip Seymour Hoffman's character Lancaster Dodd in The Master. The charming, self-contradictory cult leader, Lancaster Dodd, is now one of his closing performances.
These words come from a self-proclaimed leader, a symbol of fatherhood who had tried to point a young man in the direction of a lost, young self in him. It is this feeling of pity for the devil that makes this character delicate and charming.
It was a remarkable performance, perhaps the pinnacle of the actor's career— Hoffman, who was tall, eloquent and mysteriously attractive, suddenly seemed to be possessed by the soul of Orson Welles (1915-1985).
Philip Seymour Hoffman did not present an L. Ron Höbard L. Ron Hubbard's monotonous satire, instead, gives Lancaster Dodd the character dominance, compassion, curiosity, passion, greed, and his use of language is extremely inflammatory and controlling, and presents an almost naïve expression of emotion.
Looking at this dangerous movie about demagoguery, you know you shouldn't trust the character, but Philip Seymour Hoffman's persuasive performance is not only convincing, but even incredibly fascinating.
In Philip Seymour Hoffman's films, what impresses him most is not "heaviness" or "darkness," but his interpretation of human struggles and contradictions. His achievements are mainly literary and artistic films, but he has left a deep mark on the field of commercial films. The American media commented: "Philip Seymour Hoffman is the best actor of his generation." ”
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