Really liked William Friedkin's SORCERER that I watched recently and got thinking about the ever-relevant connection between high and low brow art and realized a lot of the highest regarded (character) actors have not only been in, but are probably best known for beeing in classic/cult genre or exploitation films, of which some have some of the most iconis outrageous cult movie moments, and lots are some of my favorite films.
Bonus material: Feel free to start a discussion about definitions of genre and exploitation films.
Examples:
Pacino in Scarface
DeNiro in Taxi Driver + Goodfellas
Roy Scheider in Jaws + Sorcerer + Marathon Man + French connection + Seven-Ups
Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws
Robert Shaw in Jaws + Pelham 123
Walther Matthau in Pelham 123
Gene Hackman in French Connection
Donald Sutherland in Body snatchers
Mia Farrow in Rosemary's baby
Gena Rowlands in Gloria
Steve McQueen in Bullitt
Clive Owen in Children of men
Viggo Mortensen in The Road
Harrison Ford in Blade Runner
Michael Caine in Get Carter + Italian Job + Batman trilogy
Christopher Lee in Star wars
Paul Newman in Fort Apache
and more
Add on + discuss.




Bonus material: Feel free to start a discussion about definitions of genre and exploitation films.
Examples:
Pacino in Scarface
DeNiro in Taxi Driver + Goodfellas
Roy Scheider in Jaws + Sorcerer + Marathon Man + French connection + Seven-Ups
Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws
Robert Shaw in Jaws + Pelham 123
Walther Matthau in Pelham 123
Gene Hackman in French Connection
Donald Sutherland in Body snatchers
Mia Farrow in Rosemary's baby
Gena Rowlands in Gloria
Steve McQueen in Bullitt
Clive Owen in Children of men
Viggo Mortensen in The Road
Harrison Ford in Blade Runner
Michael Caine in Get Carter + Italian Job + Batman trilogy
Christopher Lee in Star wars
Paul Newman in Fort Apache
and more
Add on + discuss.





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