Old Grouch Robert Duvall Calls Acting In Kubrick Movies "Terrible"

It seems the respected, Oscar-winning Robert Duvall isn't a fan of the acting in Stanley Kubrick's films, though he does admit they are "great movies."

Per Collider: "Legendary actor Robert Duvall has condemned “the great Stanley Kubrick” as an “actors enemy”. The fiery exclamation came during a round table interview with THR after it was revealed that director David Fincher frequently took around fifty takes to get the perfect shot whilst filming The Social Network. Fellow interviewees Mark Ruffalo and Jesse Eisenberg laugh (perhaps with disdain?) as Duvall compares Fincher to Kubrick. No doubt a comparison like that would normally be considered flattering, but Duvall continued, dismissing the performances in such classics as The Shining and A Clockwork Orange as “the worst performances I’ve ever seen in movies”.

He goes on to question "…the value of multiple takes during shooting, saying, “Why would anybody do that?…I don’t quite get that.” he brands the resulting performances as “terrible.”

I'll say this about Duvall: Respect him as I do, watching him I always get the sense that he is acting, to the point where I often cannot get past the fact that I'm watching a man pretend to be someone else. his performances ("The Apostle") call attention to themselves rather than allow me to lose myself in the character and action. Daniel Day-Lewis presents a similar vibe, but not nearly as much as Duvall. my point is, perhaps a few extra takes could do Duvall some good.

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