Jeff Bridges
It’s funny how much when Jeff Bridges name comes up, it’s about his role as ‘The Dude’ in ‘The Big Lebowski’
In all honesty, with all due respect to those that do, I don’t remember liking this Film
So in honor of one of my Favorite All Time Actors, and Human Beings, I thought I’d Post you a bit of what I think of Jeff Bridges
King Kong (1976)
The First Film I remember seeing him in, was The 1976 ‘King Kong’
And as much as I remember liking/enjoying this Film (I was 7 or 8), I remember his Hair being a pretty big part of his role, lol
Tron (1982)
Then came ‘TRON’… This Film had a huge impact on me, and is one of the Core Movies when I think of what inspired me to become a Film Maker… The First Two ‘Star War’s’, and George Lucas, being my main inspiration.
But beyond the beautiful innovation, and artistry of this Film in general, Jeff Bridges as not just Flynn (The Arcade Owning, Video Game Programming Genius), but in particularly his Program Self ‘C.L.U.’, led to one of the best, most human performance moments I’ve ever seen in Film, even now
He shocked/surprised even the Film Makers when he did this scene… Taking what was a robotic type character in an earlier scene, and tearing right into the humanity of all
Starman (1984)
Talk about a human performance… ‘Starman’. Ironically, he’s an alien in this Film, but if you haven’t seen it, see it. His performance is beautiful, and memorable.
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
For some reason, whenever I think about my favorite performance by Jeff Bridges, I always come up with ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys’… Can’t exactly say what it is… There’s just something about the subtle, defeated-ness of this character… And just something about his whole vibe in this Film
Seabisquit (2003)
Another amazing performance… This Film also had another one of my favorites, Tobey Maguire
Crazy Heart (2009)
Only just saw this, loved it.
Tron Legacy (2010)
The palpable Humanity of this role… Astounding
Hell Or High Water (2016)
Brilliant
November 28, 2020 at 8:57 am
Reblogged this on The Written Word and commented:
Came Across This Post I Did About Jeff Bridges Back In January, 2019… He’s Battling The Big C Right Now, Wishing Him The Best