MARTIN LANDAU POLL

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torn between ed wood and crimes & misdemeanors

Poll Results

Option	Votes
* Ed Wood (1994)	12
* North by Northwest (1959)	4
* Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)	4
* BAP*S (1997)	2
* Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)	1
* The Fall of the House of Usher (1982)	1
* They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)	1
* Sleepy Hollow (1999) (uncredited)	0
* The X Files (1998)	0
* Love Made Easy (2006)	0
* Rounders (1998)	0
* Edtv (1999)	0
* Ready to Rumble (1999)	0
* The Joyriders (1999)	0
* Hollywood Homicide (2003)	0
* The Majestic (2001)	0
* Pork Chop Hill (1959)	0
* Joseph (1995)	0
* Cleopatra (1963)	0
* The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)	0
* Nevada Smith (1966)	0
* Meteor (1979)	0
* Empire State (1992)	0
* Sliver (1993)	0
* Eye of the Stranger (1993)	0
* Intersection (1994)	0
* Harrison Montgomery (2007)	0

― and what, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

It's between Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999. (Is Landau the only actor to star in two TV series featuring colons in the title?)

― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

(OK, apart from Barbara Bain).

― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

btw anybody who votes for B*A*P*S is my new best friend

― and what, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

this is harder than i thought it'd be

― ghost rider, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

he's just so fucking good in ed wood. one of my favourite performances ever.

"you have to be double-jointed... and hungarian!"

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

"now no one gives two fucks for bela"

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

Bela Lugosi: Karloff? Sidekick? FUCK YOU! Karloff did not deserve to smell my shit! That limey cocksucker can rot in Hell for all I care!
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: What happened?
Bela Lugosi: How dare that asshole bring up Karloff? You think it takes talent to do Frankenstein? It's all makeup and grunting.
[Mocks Frankenstein]
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: Bela, I agree with you 100%. Now, "Dracula," that's a role that requires talent.
Bela Lugosi: Of course. Dracula requires presence. It's all in the eyes, and the voice, and the hands...
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: [interrupting] That's right. That's right. You seem a little agitated. You wanna to go outside and get some air?
Bela Lugosi: Bullshit! I'm ready now! Roll the camera!

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Tucker

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

well, s1ocki has me sold

― ghost rider, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Brief PS to give him props for his Entourage stint. "Would that be something that would interest you?"

― David R., Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

I totally forgot about Sliver!

― David R., Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

He is cool and cruel in NBNW.

― DavidM, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:17 (nineteen years ago)

"call it my woman's intuition"

― rps, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

I love James Mason's pained "Leonard?" when his boy-toy pulls a gun full of blanks on him.

The ripe old age signaled by three Oscar noms and one win never happened, eh?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

ten years pass...

RIP :(

― Neanderthal, Monday, 17 July 2017 03:14 (eight years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwXsuJXUau4

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 July 2017 03:18 (eight years ago)

btw he's terrific in Raoul Ruiz's Treasure Island (1985)

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 July 2017 03:27 (eight years ago)

Trying to recall the story of him advising James Dean early on.

― Under Heaviside Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 July 2017 03:35 (eight years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEXyKPany3M

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 July 2017 12:13 (eight years ago)

“At the Actors Studio,” writes Chris Wiegand for the Guardian, “Landau was taught by the best—Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, Harold Clurman—and began a relationship with a fellow student, Marilyn Monroe. They split up after several months; Landau found Monroe too complicated and was defeated by her frequent costume changes on their dates. When he became a teacher himself, Landau’s students included Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston and Harry Dean Stanton. With Mark Rydell, he later ran the Hollywood-based branch of the Actors Studio, set up in 1967.”

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4732-the-daily-martin-landau-1928-2017

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 July 2017 17:17 (eight years ago)

There's a nice story about Jack Nicholson surprising Landau by filing his hotel suite with flowers on Landau winning the Oscar in '95.

― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 July 2017 17:20 (eight years ago)

Some of the photos of young Landau going around social media show what an incredible look he had. North By Northwest is obviously great, but imagine if he could have worked with David Lynch.

― Chris L, Monday, 17 July 2017 17:50 (eight years ago)

"Call it my woman's intuition."

― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 July 2017 17:52 (eight years ago)

the Ruiz film I mentioned above is pretty wild.

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 July 2017 17:53 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

his Lugosi is really a tragic figure. I do think Rick Baker's Oscar-winning makeup still looked like makeup.

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 August 2017 21:33 (eight years ago)

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