Pacino...
How much is Pacino actually in this? Is he a lead role?
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
Yes, he's one of the leading stories. His story intersects with Patrick Wilson's. He's got lots of screen time.
sharePerforming some of the best work of his career, it should be said.
Jeffrey Wright pays wonderful tribute to Pacino here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a43ONKW6Rfg
Great tribute. All that rehearsing paid off. The scenes with Al and Jeffrey in the hospital were so damn good.
shareAbsolutely, truly great stuff. The interaction between the two is just astounding. None of them afraid of the other, just mouthing off fearlessly.
shareMy favorite is that even after all the horrible things Cohn said, Belize had Louis give him a prayer after he died.
shareShowing Cohn (or rather his spirit) that kindness and good exists, despite his cynical view of the world the people hated by him become the merciful and forgiving.
In the end of the play only Joe is left in the cold, even though he appears genuinely good.
Perhaps because he didn't make a choice on where he stood.
He wanted to be everything, pleasing everyone.
Louis knew that was impossible and made a hard choice when leaving Prior, but at least he took a stand, followed his heart, or well-being.
And Roy was, well, Roy. In all his evil he was true to what he was. Joe wasn't true to anything or anyone.
As good as Pacino is in this (and he is wonderful), one of the best things he does is essentially to set up and support Wright's incredible delivery of Belize's monologue about heaven.
sharePacino always has good chemistry with his costars, his chemistry with Wright was very good here.
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