Gary Oldman's Documentary Performance

Patsy 2022-03-21 09:03:16

As Gary Oldman's first famous work, he gave an extremely shocking and breathtaking performance. Why is his performance so shocking? Because everyone who has seen this film will have a very strong feeling that these two characters in the film, Sid and Nancy, have no tomorrow.

I was a little nauseous when I first watched it, because the film tells the story of a few sweaty British street gangsters taking drugs in squalid places, wherever Sid (Gary Oldman) goes. Made the place a mess. I'm a little uncomfortable with these scenes and dialogues. After all, it's a bit different from today's society, but art comes from life. I believe that there would be such sluggish people in the British and American societies of that period.

I believe that many people have seen the cold-blooded black policeman played by Gary in 1994.

black police

and Gary in Darkest Hour 2017 as British Prime Minister Churchill

Churchill

But in Sid and Nancy 1986, Gary's performance was the most shocking and awe-inspiring to me.

Sid and Nancy
After self-mutilation with a blade
self-harm

In the past 30 years, Gary Oldman's screen image has changed so much that it is hard to sigh the changes brought about by the passage of time. The most incomprehensible thing to me is how a normal actor can play someone who is "drug-to-die" so real, it's incredible. Let's pay tribute to this real artist - Gary Oldman, who raised the word performance to an unimaginable level, and know that this is Gary's first film and television work, I hope China's new generation of filmmakers, young The actors of the world must carefully watch the performances of these top filmmakers and artists in the world, and then seriously consider whether their performances can get the performance of Gary Oldman who first appeared in the film 30 years ago, even if they can't reach them. We must also develop towards this goal and polish our acting skills. Only in this way can the future of Chinese films have a better development, and the new generation of young actors will have a wider range of acting.

(Friendly reminder: Most of the scenes in Sid and Nancy will be disgusting. If people who haven't seen it are interested in watching it, they need to be mentally prepared in advance?)

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Extended Reading

Sid and Nancy quotes

  • Sid: 'Ere, speakin of cunts who can't play. Hello girls, where'd you get your perms?

  • Steve: [playing darts in the pub] Get the darts Paul.

    Paul: [checks their hands] Let me see your hands, keep 'em where I can see 'em. I'm watching you, you bastards.

    [goes to the dart board]

    Sid: Hey, Paul.

    [Sid, John and Steve start throwing darts at him]

    Paul: Fuck off. Fuck off!

    Duke Bowman: Steady on boys.

    Paul: Bastards! It's not funny! You could stick me in the eye; put it in my brains, I couldn't play the drums then.

    Steve: You can't play the fuckin drums anyway.

    John: You can't play the fuckin drums anyway.