HollywoodGolightly Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 > {quote:title=willyted07 wrote:}{quote} > I understand Scorses/DiCaprio but did I miss Scorsese/Deniro? Or even more accurately perhaps: Scorsese/Pesci? Well, Scorsese's association with DeNiro goes back even further than the one with Pesci, to 1973's Mean Streets. I didn't mention it because someone else already had, but nobody had mentioned that Scorsese's already made like 4 movies with DiCaprio (including I think his next one to be released). Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 John Ford and Will Rogers. Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Watch Glenn Anders as George Grisby in this ?Lady from Shanghai? film. With Welles direction, he is outstanding and very creepy. Link to post Share on other sites
JackFavell Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 >Ohhhh, heck, I can't get on you too much, Jackie, since you watched some Gloria Grahame today. Message was edited by: JackFavell for quotes Link to post Share on other sites
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 > Bronxgirl, if you're interested in checking out Kurosawa/Mifune movies, there's about a dozen to choose from and I think most of them are on DVD. A good pair to start with would be Yojimbo and Sanjuro, with Mifune playing the same character in both. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > Bronxie and Frank - awesome choices. jackie, thanks. I know Fellini and Masina have done other films together, but LA STRADA and NIGHTS OF CABIRIA are the ones I'm most familiar with. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48 Link to post Share on other sites
cinemajestic Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Yes, that was a nice collaboration but I'd like to add the pairing of Bette Davis with the inimitable William Wyler. He had a certain knack for bringing out the best subdued Davis and therefore giving A+ performances. Link to post Share on other sites
timothy17 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Scorsese and Deniro! Scorsese and Deniro! Link to post Share on other sites
sineast Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Maybe or maybe not one of the best, but likely one of the most pyrotechnic: Herzog and Kinski. No sharp objects on locations or sets. Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 > {quote:title=sineast wrote:}{quote} > Maybe or maybe not one of the best, but likely one of the most pyrotechnic: Herzog and Kinski. No sharp objects on locations or sets. It's been an awfully long time since I've seen Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre, the Wrath of God, but I remember enjoying them a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
wranglergator Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 great question ezzo.... i didn't have to think about it very long and i am surprised it didn't show up sooner in the thread: kazan/brando i had never seen the bio on mr kazan before and although he was controversial in his day i really believe he was coming from the right place in all his films and i would hope the same in real life. Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 You can find used copies of Kazan's biography here: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=EliaKazan%3AA+Life&x=16&y=6 Abe Books is a good company to order from. Link to post Share on other sites
CoopHudsonStewart132 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I have to say either Anthony Mann and Jimmy Stewart because their westerns were just so great, or Alfred Hitchcock and Jimmy because I just loved the way Hitchcock brought out a lot of cool aspects Jimmy could portray and proved really that Jimmy could be a great dramatic actor, even though he proved it before his teamings with both Mann and Hitchcock via The Mortal Storm and others. I just love what both directors did for Stewart. Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Great choices, CoopHudson! And welcome to the forum Link to post Share on other sites
Torquil Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I'm new to the forum here, but have really enjoyed the topics and had a number of suggestions for this particular post. Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann were deservedly already mentioned, but just as strong a case could be made for Bergman and Max von Sydow, with so many great classics. Bergman seemed to bring out the best in all his actors and you could also cite his collaborations with Ingrid Thulin, Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson , Erland Josephson and Gunnar Bjornstrand since he used a reportory company that did not vary too much. Also, if you cite Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina, Fellini's collaborations with Marcello Mastroaianni should also be given as an excellent example of director and actor bringing out the best in each other. Alfred Hitchcock to me seemed to bring out Ingrid Bergman's sensual best in their films, and finally I would put down Douglas Sirk and Rock Hudson, who gave some fine, complex performances for him. Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Has anyone mentioned Martin Ritt and Paul Newman? or Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford? Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Has anyone mentioned Martin Ritt and Paul Newman? or Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford? Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Hi Torquil, welcome to the forum! I think Fellini/Mastroianni and Sirk/Hudson are excellent combos, as well. I really have enjoyed so many of their movies together. finance, The same goes for Ritt/Newman and Pollack/Redford. Link to post Share on other sites
Torquil Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 A few more who seemed to bring out the best in each other: David Lean/Alec Guiness Michaelangelo Antonioni/Monica Vitti John Schlesinger/Julie Christie and a couple of my favorite underrated directors: Albert Lewin/George Sanders John Brahm/Laird Cregar Link to post Share on other sites
ChiO Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Many excellent pairing have been listed, but a few favorites not yet mentioned: Jacques Tourneur / Joel McCrea: *Stars in My Crown* / *Stranger on Horseback* / *Wichita* Samuel Fuller / Gene Evans: *The Steel Helmet* / *Fixed Bayonets* / *Park Row* Samuel Fuller / Constance Towers: *Shock Corridor* / *The Naked Kiss* John Cassavetes / John Cassavetes: *Husbands* / *Minnie and Moskowitz* / *Love Streams* John Cassavetes / Gena Rowlands: *Minnie and Moskowitz* / *A Woman Under the Influence* / *Love Streams* John Cassavetes / Ben Gazzara: *Husbands* / *The Killing of a Chinese Bookie* John Cassavetes / Peter Falk: *Husbands* / *A Woman Under the Influence* John Cassavetes / Timothy Carey: *Minnie and Moskowitz* / *The Killing of a Chinese Bookie* Stanley Kubrick / Timothy Carey: *The Killing* / *Paths of Glory* Stanley Kubrick / Sterling Hayden: *The Killing* / *Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Some excellent combos there, Tarqul & ChiO! The Guinness and David Lean one is all the more remarkable because they worked well together both with the "smaller" films and the great epic ones. They did six films together, and what films! Put together they're probably more than 12 hours of film. Link to post Share on other sites
Torquil Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I agree with you, Hollywood, about Guiness and Lean. I have heard that they did not always get along well together and Guiness resented Lean's treatment of him. However, they first worked together I believe in "Great Expectations" right after WWII and continued on through Lean's final film, "A Passage to India" in the mid-80's, so I guess they maintained some kind of respect and/or fondness for each other. At any rate, Guiness was such a consummate actor, always so intelligent, and Lean has to be one of the premier visual stylists in all of cinema, epic or small in scale. Link to post Share on other sites
marco_nj Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I second Sturges/Demarest, but would also like to offer Sturges/McCrea Link to post Share on other sites
mrroberts Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 How about John Frankenheimer and Burt Lancaster? Link to post Share on other sites
AshleyG325 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Brando/Kazan. If you look at Marlon Brando after that, he was never the same. Same with Kazan. Their partnership is the definition of bringing out the best in each other. Link to post Share on other sites
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