The actor category was tough, tbh I think Fiennes deserved the Oscar he delivered a better performance than Tommy Lee Jones...but for actor? Tom Hanks did as brilliant a performance in Philadelphia. At least it won best film that year :)
@Dean Bennington that's why it's called an "opinion" or preference. Hanks performance was brilliant playing a man dying of AIDS, far better than whimsical Forrest Gump but remember just because I prefer his performance over Neeson doesn't make his work any less valid or "brilliant" as well. It was a tough year with many strong performances. Far different than by today's standards.
His eyes really are extraordinary. When he first got famous, there were portrait photos in the magazines that emphasized his eyes - a really strange color combination, mostly teal, with a ring of black at the edges and a ring of gold in the center surrounding the iris. I've never seen eyes like that anywhere else. They're fully as unique as Elizabeth Taylor's famously violet eyes.
@@samanthaesra4035 He is that. And way more than that. He is feircly talented and creative - as was his mother and all his family. He is superb in this film and in many many others. He can play complex, flawed people with incredible integrity.
The minute Ralph responds by not just giving the interviewer and the world the response they wanted (göeth was insane etc) but to go in depth about how power corrupts the mind, the interview took on the same power the film had Horrific ugly truth
The truth is that this “grey zone” exists inside every human being where the standard dichotomy of good and evil breaks down, and average people find it incredibly easy to simply go along with or commit genocide
Wonderful warm human beings. Ralph Fiennes couldn't be farther from Amon Goeth. Fantastic actor! A very warm and approachable guy! Hats off to the whole cast!
Very interesting discussion of a remarkable movie. I always love seeing Ralph Fiennes in his youthful prime. He has the most stunning turquoise colored eyes.
There's something about the interview woman, no disrespect to the two actors but it's like I want to hear her talk more than them. Her questions and comments, she's brilliant- so concise, no rambling. No ass-kissing either. That said, there are no words to describe Ray Finnes performance in Schindler's list.
Something else I notice is that it sounds as though Fiennes was still "doing" Goeth's Austrian accent in this interview. Like Fiennes had affected that accent for so many months while filming that it had begun to seep into his actual voice.
I love Ralph Fiennes! So so talented! I have only seen “shorts” of this movie on YT. I’m wondering, has anyone ever noticed in some movies, not all, the evil person is always played by a handsome actor? No matter how much the make up department tries to “dirty the actor up”, they just can’t!🫢❤️🐈
Neeson and Fiennes delivered such powerful performances. Since I first saw this movie (3X) in 1994, I have said many times it is the best movie ever made. Here we are almost 30 years later and I still say that.
The bit that is Oscar worthy, (dunno who beat him to it - but shouldn't have) is his whole delving into and the utter believability of the role. How is someone to portray the depraved megalomaniac that he portrayed so honestly, with the ghastly sense of fear he put into the role??.
What Embeth said about Goeth being sexually attracted to Helen came through clearly in the film. But as she said, he could not see her as a woman because she was a Jew.
Ralph and Embeth are very thoughtful and sincere about their development of the work in the film and their own thoughts on the people they portrayed. A lot of respect for everyone involved in Schindler’s List.
I have a great deal of respect for Ralph Fiennes. Knowing the roll he was expected to play in this movie as one of the most unspeakable bastards in WW2 short of Hitler himself must have given him nightmares for who knows how long. A truly great actor. I hope he and those close to him realize this.
ONE OF THE BEST GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE. FIENNES WAS SO SO GORGEOUS IN THE MOVIE. HE HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EYES IN CINEMA. FIENNES AND Mrs. DAVIDTZ SHOULD HAVE WON OSCARS. THEY WERE ROBBED. THE MOVIE SHOULD HAVE WON EVERY OSCAR NOMINATIONS IT HAD.
They say a role is made for a certain actor just look at Ralph Fiennes in a German officers uniform. Frighteningly accurate as is his cruel souless gaze
Ralph is referring to the Stanford Prison experiment if anyone is curious about it. It had to be stopped because it got so out of control. Both gave incredible performances. Embeth is so underrated. A very beautiful and talented actress - and, clearly, a deeply empathetic human being.
Did the woman who asks the question actually watch the movie?! At the end of the movie you can see the actress with the real Helen Hirsch. So why she was surprised
That role in Schindler´s list was perfect for him and he did not play Amon Göth, he was Amon Göth. He should definitely have won an Academy Award. As for the leading role, Tom Hanks deserved the Academy Award, but for the supporting role, Ralph Fiennes should have won.
Moreso than ever before, this movie should be shown again in theatres. The word 'vermin' has been spoken very recently by a certain wanna-be US presidential authoritian candidate. 😢 May we never pass through this again...
As brilliant as Schindler's List is, Ralph Fiennes gives one of the best acting jobs I have ever seen anywhere as that Nazi. He was so sadistic and evil I literally felt sick to my stomach the first time I saw the movie. I can't imagine someone waking up in the morning and going to their balcony to just randomly shoot people like they were just target practice.
I watched "SL" many many times. Few years later became fan of David Duchovny's "Californication". Didn't recognize Embeth (Helen Hirsch) in Felicia at all, believe me. Great actress and beautiful woman.
It's interesting to me that when Fiennes describes the dehumanisation of the Jewish race by the nazi regime, he is describing perfectly how the British treated the Irish. Our hands aren't clean - and yes, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It’s a method used to oppress so many, even today. The Jewish, the Irish, Africans, Native Americans, Asian people - I’m sure I’m forgetting many. I think it’s a method created (or at least perfected) by White Supremacy. This idea that there’s only one way to be perfect (White), to the point it even oppressed other White/European people. He described it well, I agree.
Europeans used the same eugenics policies of describing black Africans as racially inferior due to skull size and shape. Belgians used it in Rwanda which eventually cause a split between the ethnic groups there and the genocide in the 90s
Top 6 actor performances in a history (for me, at least): 1. Al Pacino - Tony Montana, Scarface 2. Ralph Fiennes - Amon Goeth, Schindler's list 3. Peter Ustinov - Nero, Quo vadis 4. Gary Oldman - Stansfield, Leon 5. Sean Penn - Kleinfeld, Carlito's way 6. Gary Oldman - Dracula, Bram Stoker's Dracula
