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Originally Posted by JessieC
Take for example Jack Nicholson in the Shining, that movie owns it success almost solely to the performance of Nicholson.
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I appreciate the point you are making, but I gotta disagree with the example... Nicholson is amazing in The Shining, but his performance takes a back seat to one of the greatest directors of all time. As good as he is, The Shining would've been amazing with or without Nicholson, Kubrick at the helm is as close as you get to a dead cert. Hell, he even got a performance out of Shelly Duvall. Kubrick could get anyone to perform way beyond their ability.
As for the subject, I think horror tends to rely more heavily on a strong director than the actors. Obviously strong actors help and we have a huge list of top actors that have been massive in our genre, but the directors are so influential, probably more so than in any other genre I think. When you think of 'big names' in say, comedy, you tend to think of actors first and I'd probably struggle to tell you who directed alot of my favouirte comedies, but when I think about horror movies, the directors tend to go hand in hand with the actors. Thats a bit of a generalistion really because there are great directors in every field. I just think maybe there are more directors synonymous with horror than any other genre, or maybe I just know them better. :rolleyes: