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When Lilly encounters Bobo


I just think Huston's acting is brilliant. Watch chapter 9 on the DVD. Lilly is walking out to her car from the track. Watch how she changes her stride as she sees Bobo there. Her walk tells you everything you need to know about Bobo and their relationship. Pure genius! Gives me the chills.

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Anjelica Huston gives me the chills too. Her performance in this film in particular is so haunting...I have found myself using her for inspiration for the female lead in my latest screenplay. Without a doubt, one of the finest actors of our time.

At least now that I'm in my 30's, I can hold my drink.

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Another spine-shivering performance by Anjelica Huston is in Crimes and Misdemeanours

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097123/

She and Martin Landau really bring out the best in each other. The extra-marital couple they embody is the strongest case against having an affair that's ever been put forward in film

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I agree that both actors put out a decent performance.


BUT BOBO? What kind of a gangster name is that?

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what about babyface nelson as a gangster name - he really was a total nutter

bobo is one of the greatest characters ever only superceded by eddie jones, the guy who plays the original grifter mintz

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the fact that you only got a tiny snippet of him makes you wanting more

like any good song its just never enough

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