Screamin' Jay should have been in Pulp Fiction -- this role convinced me he should have had more roles in other films. Great facial expressions, wonderful voice, dialogue timing perfect, creepy elegance. You can't teach this in acting school.
He should have been offered more acting roles. I'll bet he'd have done a great job. The best actors are natural at it and I believe Screamin' Jay had a natural flair for it.
This really was a brilliant film. There was a mystery to it where every body in the film heard the single gunshot which was at the hotel. Every body was near enough to every body else when they all heard the gunshot. There in lies the mystery. Jim Jarmusch at his best.
He has a deep powerful voice even when he's not singingHis voice makes sound bizarre but good at the sametimeJay has style also ,great fashion sense even in this time period
Any footage of screamin jay hawkins is epic to me he is so underrated and he is the creator of shock rock at the same time plus the man had style especially coming around in the 50s and 60s when it was hard for a minority or blacks to pioneer anything
Hawkins was in the movie A Rage In Harlem, I had not known that until I started to research Hawkins, the movie just happened to be on one day, and there he was was playing I Put A Spell On You!
Nice post, ralf rt, of scenes from a very cool film. (Be sure to see the whole thing if you get a chance, folks, if you haven't already, half a dozen times). Hawkins kills me in this role with his lordly gravitas as he impeccably holds down the front desk in his obscure Memphis fleabag hotel during the wee graveyard-shift hours, ever-accompanied by his trusty earnest-but-ridiculous bellhop (Cinqué Lee). A mere sinecure for such a being, and he makes time stop, you're so interested in what he'll do or say next. So much to savor-- e.g., Mr. Tact: 04:57; Fearless Delegator: 08:51. Cheers.
It's an xlnt film ! I highly recommend it ! Quirky but if the viewer is patient, it really pays off ! Overflows with wonderfully eccentric performances !!
c'est une partie du film qui ne rend pas hommage a la beauté de ce film , si vous devais vous faire un avis , cet extrait est le pire qui puisse vous orienté sur la veritable orientation du realisateur , neanmoins , je ne suis personne , a vous de voir .
