Thursday, October 6, 2011

The Celluloid Canon: Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Celluloid Canon: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman
American Actor
















 



Breakout Film:


















Boogie Nights (1997)



Troika- Essential Viewing:

Happiness (1998); Capote (2005); Doubt (2008)


















Underrated Masterwork:

















Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)


Hallmarks:

Misfits; The Powerless; Outcasts


Scene of Distinction:




Frequent Collaborators:

Paul Thomas Anderson; David Mamet


Hoffman on Hoffman:

"People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside."
 

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