Movie impressions
Last night I saw "An Education" with my friend Maggie.
My lasting impression?
I will never ever be able to see Peter Sarsgaard without shuddering. His role as an older man who seduces a sixteen-year-old girl was just too creepy to be easily forgotten. Worse yet, he was good at being pervy.
It got me to thinking about how some actors cannot shake the perceptions pivotal role lent them. Both Chirstopher Walken and James Cagney are/were song and dance men but no one ever thinks of them that way because they are/were perceived as tough/creepy guys.
Vincent Price didn't always play the role of horror movie man but that's all we remember him for, by and large.
And though I know it's not fair I think it's going to take the role of a lifetime for Peter Sarsgaard to overcome my knee-jerk perv alert after seeing that film.
P.S. My other deep thought on this film is that we should all dance as they did in 60s jazz clubs. That whole waggle your hands and rotate slightly thing looks very easy.