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Bruno Ganz DESERVED the Oscar for Best (Lead) Actor!

posted 9 years ago by GanzEhrlich
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A most astounding performance. He obviously put a lot of preparation into the role of Hitler and got everything spot-on, from the accent, to the mannerisms, physicality and volatility of his character. My No.1 male perf. of the century (yes, even DDL in There Will Be Blood doesn't hold up to him).
Shame he wasn't eligible for a nomination, in a year where there were so many brilliant portrayals of real-life people (by DiCaprio, Cheadle, Foxx, Bardem).

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[–] Doom 9 years ago

I could not agree more.

One of the greatest performances I've ever seen.

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[–] chilone 9 years ago

I concur, doctor!

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[–] bidm-04306 9 years ago

Why wasn't he eligible? But I agree that his performance is one for the ages.

[–] eolloe 8 years ago

To be eligible, doesn't the film have to have been in English?

[–] TheRedViper 8 years ago

No. Javier Bardem was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role six years later for Biutiful, which is entirely in Spanish.

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[–] dkgambler 9 years ago

Agree completely.

[–] kjeao 9 years ago

Not only that, it should have won best movie and best director awards. It's the best movie that year along with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

The Oscars are a bad joke.

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[–] CaliCurmudgeon 9 years ago

"Downfall" definitely deserved an Oscar for "Best Foreign Language Film", but did not win that either, although it was nominated.

I think the Oscars are restricted to English language films, hence the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar award set up.

How did "Downfall" fare at Cannes I wonder.

[–] Zebra 3 9 years ago

Hollywood doesn't give Oscars to "Hitler."

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[–] speccyboy 8 years ago

This movie lost to a Spanish film called "The Sea Inside" by Alejandro Amenábar.

[–] eolloe 8 years ago

A most astounding performance. He obviously put a lot of preparation into the role of Hitler and got everything spot-on, from the accent, to the mannerisms, physicality and volatility of his character. My No.1 male perf. of the century (yes, even DDL in There Will Be Blood doesn't hold up to him).
Shame he wasn't eligible for a nomination, in a year where there were so many brilliant portrayals of real-life people (by DiCaprio, Cheadle, Foxx, Bardem).

I agree that that was one of the best performances I've ever seen. A much stronger performance than Cheadle's in Hotel Rwanda and DiCaprio's in The Aviator. (I haven't seen Ray or Million Dollar Baby.)

Especially memorable during his explosions of anger and disgust, raving about how all the generals and the SS had been deceiving him and were cowards and traitors for disobeying his orders.

[–] beaver_cleaver 8 years ago

Absolutely the best performance of the year. Also best movie of the year! The academy blew it.

[–] slimone (7996) 8 years ago

I agree! Fantastic performance.