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Greatest crazy person in film?

Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:46 pm
Posted by blueboy
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:46 pm
I don't think we've had this thread before.

Gloria Swanson as the spider lady in Sunset Blvd. is a good one. Brad Pitt as Jeffrey Goins in 12 Monkeys is another. I wish I could say "probability" like that.

What is the greatest portrayal of a crazy person in film?
Posted by weagle99
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:49 pm to
The Irish guy in Braveheart
Posted by Radiojones
The Twilight Zone
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:52 pm to
Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Coocos Nest.
Posted by Bench McElroy
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:52 pm to
Posted by Peazey
Metry
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:55 pm to
I've made this exact post almost verbatim here before.

Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet is probably the most realistic demented villain in cinema history.

ETA: Maybe that is different than the question you're asking though.
This post was edited on 5/6/15 at 7:57 pm
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:56 pm to
Anton Chigurh
Posted by blueboy
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:59 pm to
quote:

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Coocos Nest.
He wasn't crazy in that movie. He was, however, crazy as shite in The Shining.

And the Alex pic is blasphemy. He was the sanest person in that movie.
Posted by Rebel Land Shark
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Posted by jdd48
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:03 pm to
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Anton Chigurh


I just ordered that bluray.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:03 pm to
Nicholson in the Shining comes to mind.
Posted by prplhze2000
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:03 pm to
Little Alex
Posted by LosLobos111
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Posted by SoFla Tideroller
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:12 pm to
Scorpio - Dirty Harry

Joker - The Dark Knight
Posted by GCTiger11
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:14 pm to
Norman Stansfield
Posted by Backinthe615
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:36 pm to
Michael Rooker (blue redneck alien in Guardians) was disturbing as hell in Henry. For the harmless-type maybe Jeter or Williams in Fisher King.
Posted by Tackle74
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:31 pm to
Nicholson in the The Shining though that movie pisses me off with the changes from the book. Jack's acting though is great.
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:33 pm to
quote:

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Coocos Nest.



Great role, but he wasn't crazy. He acted like he was to get out of jail. If anything, Nurse Rached is the one whose nuts in that film.
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:35 pm to
As far as really recent ones, Nathan from Ex Machina is right on the line of being completely nuts and brilliant at the same time. Really loved his character.
Posted by chinese58
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:37 pm to
another good one:

Posted by K9
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:39 pm to
quote:

Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet


immediately came to mind
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