Friday, December 9, 2011

Bad to the Bone

I love the new gallery on the New York Times today, Touch of Evil. Just little short films, starring some of today's best actors, representing famous cinematic villainous tropes — the fighter, the narcissist, the former silent-screen star, the possessed dummy, the dictator. They've also included some stills (and interviews) here.

Mia Wasikowska

Rooney Mara

Jessica Chastain

Viola Davis

Brad Pitt

My favourite videos? Jessica Chastain as the firestarter, Mia Wasikowska as the Hitchcockian ice-cold beauty, and Michael Shannon as the bigwig (Orson Welles as Citizen Kane?). Special nod goes to Rooney Mara as Alex from A Clockwork Orange, filmed backwards.

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