Staging Richard III over the years: Denzel Washington (NYC, 1990); Peter Dinklage (NYC, 2004); Ralph Fiennes (London, 2016); and Kate Mulvaney (Sydney, 2017)
Instead of my usual fanart in honor of a certain atrocious finale I present to you my series titled Artistic Renderings of Game of Thrones Actors Valiantly Powering Through Interviews About Season 8 (seriously if you haven’t seentheseinterviewclips, highly recommended.)
(Hey guys! This is my viral post from a few days ago, there’s quite a number of uncredited versions going around already, would appreciate you guys spreading this or the original tweet/Instagram post!)
The Station Agent Written and directed by Thomas McCarthy USA, 2003
Watched on 28th June 2014 First viewing
I truly loved The Station Agent. I wish there were more films like it. How many films are there with a disabled central character, played by an appropriately disabled actor (the wonderful Peter Dinklage), avoiding the patronisingly “inspirational” overcoming-the-odds narrative. Finn’s achondroplastic dwarfism informs his character and the way strangers react to him – with intrigue, ridicule or pity, each one infuriating in its own way – but this is not a message film. It’s about the unlikely, sometimes strained friendships between disparate lonely people, one of whom happens to be disabled. It’s funny, melancholy, observed beautifully, and acted brilliantly by Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson and Bobby Cannavale.
