Anthony,P.J.
Aka P.j.Antony,born in Ernakulam,Kerala.Malayalam actor whose career illustrates that the roots of Kerala's cinema are the theatre.Major actor-playright in the post-WW2 era with more than 90 plays,practicing an Ibsen-derived naturalism;he acted in N.Krishna Pillai's seminal adaptation of A Doll's House.
Bhagnabhaavam ( 1942 ) .Drew on the IOTA's radical nationalism.Ran the Prtibha Arts Club,an influencial theatre group based in Ernakulam staging e.g.Cherukadu's reformist plays .
In cinema,famed for playing villains,exceptfor his best-known performance in Nirmalayam as the priest torn between religious responsiblities and the amoral dublicity of those around him.Directed,scripted,acted in and provided lyrics for Periyar,Also wrote lyrics for Kootukar( 1966) and Virunnukari,and the stories of Chekuthante Kotta,A.Vincent's celebrated Nadhi and Detective 909 Keralatbil (1970).
Filmography
1958 : Randidangazhi.
1961: Mudiyanama Puthram.
1962 : Kalpadukal.
1963 : Ninamaanija Kalpadukal;Ammeye Kannan.
1964:Thacholi Othenan,Adya Kiranangal;Bhargavi Nilayam;
Kalanjukuttiya Thangam.
1965 : Rosy;Rajamalli,Murappennu.
1966 : Tharavatamma;Kunjali Marakkar.
1967 : Irutinte Atmavu.
Roman Polanski
Born in Paris in 1933, Roman Polanski was raised and educated in Poland where he attended Art School in Cracow and the famed State Film College in Lodz. Having made his stage acting debut at fourteen, he continued to perform on the popular radio show "The Merry Gang." In his early 20's he appeared in Andrzej Wajda's acclaimed film, "A Generation" (1954) as well as in Wajda's "Lotna," "Innocent Sorcerers" and "Samson," before leaving Poland.
In 1958, Polanski directed the highly acclaimed short film "Two Men and a Wardrobe," and made three other short films that brought him attention as an important new film stylist: "When Angels Fall" "The Fat and the Lean" and "The Mammals." But it was Polanski's feature film debut with the 1962 thriller "Knife in the Water" that catapulted him to international fame. Winner of the Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival, "Knife in the Water" was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film and was featured on the cover of Time magazine.
He made his English-language debut with "Repulsion" (1964), starring Catherine Deneuve, and then made "Cul-de-Sac" (1965), which won Polanski the Best Picture prize at the Berlin Film Festival. His next film, "The Fearless Vampire Killers" (aka "The Dance of the Vampires") also presented Polanski in a starring role.
Polanski marked his American directorial debut with the horror classic "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay Adaptation. In 1972, Polanski returned to Europe to direct his adaptation (co-written with Kenneth Tynan) of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," and in 1973 he directed Marcello Mastroianni in the absurdist comedy "What?" 1974 marked Polanski's return to Hollywood with "Chinatown," Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay, and nominated for eleven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
Though proven a master of such quintessentially American genres as the detective yarn and the supernatural thriller, Polanski returned to Europe for the 1976 film "The Tenant." In addition to directing, he played the starring role (having previously acted in "The Fearless Vampire Killers," "What?" and "Chinatown") and co-wrote the script. Working exclusively in Europe since 1977, Polanski next filmed "Tess" (1979), for which Polanski received an Academy Award nomination as Best Director and which also won Oscars for Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume Design.
In 1986 he filmed the adventure spoof "Pirates" which was Oscar-nominated for Best Costume Design. Polanski's next film, the 1988 thriller "Frantic," with Harrison Ford, marked the first starring role of Emmanuelle Seigner, who starred with Peter Coyote and Hugh Grant in his 1992 film "Bitter Moon." Seigner married Polanski in 1989.
On stage, Polanski has directed productions of Berg's "Lulu" at Spoleto, Verdi's "Rigoletto" at the Munich Opera and, most recently, "Tales of Hoffman" in Paris. In 1981 he directed and starred in the Warsaw production of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus," which he then triumphantly brought to Paris in 1982. In 1988 he created the lead role in Stephen Berkoff's stage adaptation of Kafka's "Metamorphosis," also on the Paris stage.
In addition to "A Pure Formality," and his roles in his own films, Polanski's other acting assignments include "The Magic Christian," "Andy Warhol's Dracula," "Back in the USSR" and "Grosse Fatigue." In 1984 Polanski wrote his autobiography, Roman, which was a bestseller in several languages. His latest feature as director is the film adaptation of Ariel Dorfman's acclaimed play "Death and the Maiden," starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson.
Style
Most of Polanski's films are intelligent psychological suspense thrillers, notable for their deliberate pacing, carefully established mood and atmosphere, and faintly Gothic treatment of settings and characters. As a stylist, Polanski favors long takes, deep-focus photography, and detailed pictorial mise-en-scène; jump cuts and montage very rarely appear in his work.
A recurring theme in his work is the relationship between victim and predator, and the unstable and shifting dynamics of power relations between characters often lead to sudden outbursts of absurd and grotesque violence (e.g., Cul-de-Sac, Macbeth, Chinatown, Bitter Moon, Death and the Maiden). Many of Polanski's films (especially his early works) deal with characters stuggling for mastery over a hopeless situation and feature a circular plot structure — i.e., the action is framed by a bitterly ironic recurrence of events or reversal of fortunes at the end. As for Polanski's ability to evince profound and moving drama from apparently sensational or trivial themes, Death and the Maiden star Stuart Wilson said of the director, "Roman is very deep water pretending [to be] shallow water".
Filmography
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Actor:
* 2000s
* 1990s
* 1980s
* 1970s
* 1960s
* 1950s
1. Rush Hour 3 (2007) .... Detective Revi
2. Zemsta (2002) .... Papkin
... aka The Revenge (USA)
3. The Pianist (2002) (voice) (uncredited) .... Jurek
... aka Pianist, Der (Germany)
... aka Pianista (Poland)
... aka Pianiste, Le (France)
4. Hommage à Alfred Lepetit (2000)
... aka Tribute to Alfred Lepetit (International: English title)
5. Pura formalità, Una (1994) .... Inspector
... aka A Pure Formality (USA)
... aka Une pure formalité (France)
6. Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992) .... Kurilov
7. En attendant Godot (1989) (TV) .... Lucky
8. Chassé-croisé (1982)
9. Locataire, Le (1976) (uncredited) .... Trelkovsky
... aka The Tenant (USA)
10. Chinatown (1974) .... Man with Knife
11. Dracula cerca sangue di vergine... e morì di sete!!! (1974) (uncredited) .... Man in Tavern
... aka Andy Warhol's Dracula (USA)
... aka Andy Warhol's Young Dracula
... aka Blood for Dracula (UK)
... aka Dracula
... aka Dracula vuole vivere: cerca sangue di vergine! (Italy)
... aka Du sang pour Dracula (France)
... aka Young Dracula
12. What? (1972) (uncredited) .... Mosquito
... aka Che? (Italy)
... aka Diary of Forbidden Dreams (USA: recut version)
... aka Quoi? (France)
... aka Was? (West Germany)
13. The Magic Christian (1969) .... Solitary drinker
14. Dance of the Vampires (1967) .... Alfred, Abronsius' Assistant
... aka The Fearless Vampire Killers (USA)
... aka The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck (USA: DVD box title)
15. Repulsion (1965) (uncredited) .... Spoon Player
16. Nóz w wodzie (1962) (voice) (uncredited) .... Young Boy
... aka Knife in the Water (USA)
... aka Nóż w wodzie (Poland)
17. Samson (1961/I)
18. Ostroznie, Yeti! (1961) .... Driver
... aka Beware of Yeti!
19. Gros et le maigre, Le (1961) (uncredited) .... The lean
... aka The Fat and the Lean (International: English title)
20. Niewinni czarodzieje (1960) .... Dudzio
... aka Innocent Sorcerers (International: English title: literal title)
21. Zezowate szczescie (1960) (uncredited) .... Jola's Tutor
... aka Bad Luck
22. Do widzenia, do jutra (1960) .... Romek
... aka Good Bye, Till Tomorrow
... aka See You Tomorrow
23. Lotna (1959) .... Musician
24. Gdy spadaja anioly (1959) .... Old woman
... aka When Angels Fall
... aka When Angels Fall Down...
25. Lampa (1959) (uncredited) .... A passer-by
... aka The Lamp (International: English title) (USA)
26. Co rekne zena? (1958) .... Dancer
... aka Call My Wife
... aka Zadzwoncie do mojej zony (Poland)
27. Dwaj ludzie z szafa (1958) (uncredited) .... Bad boy
... aka Two Men and a Wardrobe
28. Koniec nocy (1957) .... Little One
... aka End of the Night
29. Wraki (1957)
... aka The Wrecks
30. Nikodem Dyzma (1956) (uncredited) .... Boy at Hotel
31. Pokolenie (1955) .... Mundek
... aka A Generation
32. Godzina bez slonca (1955)
33. Rower (1955) .... Boy who wants to buy a bicycle
... aka Bicycle (literal English title)
34. Zaczarowany rower (1955) .... Adas
... aka Magical Bicycle
35. Trzy opowiesci (1953) .... Genek 'The Little' (segment "Jacek")
... aka Three Stories. From ( IMDB)
