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WHY ?

Sure, you are fans of Brad Dourif,
but Why do you like him?
- because of his eyes, his feet, his hair .........
list not exhaustive thus what is that it is physical or magnetic or .....
- because of his voice, the way he plays.
- because of the character whom he plays.
- because of his way to be, far away from cameras
- Because you like the lost causes?( I 'm kidding,
but openly he deserved better. )
That does not sound serious and formulated like it's not , but please, try to think about it:
what attracts you at first, and what makes that this attraction continues.
Alma.d

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Je le savais déjà, inconsciemment... avant même de visiter ton site : je suis un fan de Brad Dourif. C'est venu comme c'est venu... doucement, envoûtant comme l'est son jeu d'acteur. Et d'après ce que j'en vois, il s'améliore d'année en année ! Brad Dourif ? Son regard de chien battu, ses légendaires rôles de méchants pas si méchants ? Oui, tout ca et plus encore... Quand il caresse le visage d'Eowyn... qui est capable de lui en vouloir une seule minute, d'être ce qu'il est ? Ses yeux ne parlent-ils pas pour lui ? Comme j'aurais aimé qu'il soit aimé en retour d'Eowyn et que cet amour le transforme... (extrapolation, je sais ^^) Quand il contemple son chef d'oeuvre, la muse de toute sa vie... la créature Alien ! Toute son âme, toute sa folie s'agite dans ses yeux tourmentés mais brillants comme ceux d'un enfant ! La aussi, qui peut bien lui en vouloir d'être ce qu'il est : un génie en quête de lui-même... Bref... merci, merci et merci encore ! Je n'irais pas jusqu'à lancer un "vive Brad Dourif". C'est un être humain, nous aussi, il n'a pas besoin d'encouragements ni de fans accrochés à ses baskets. Quoique... bon... une seule fois alors... Vive Brad Dourif !!!

P''tit Jean

Hola a todos y todas!!!
Bueno, yo os escribo en castellano para que se anime la gente que sea de
por aquí y escriba su comentario sobre el actor en castellano :).
Le conocí a través de las primeras fotos que aparecieron de su personaje
Gríma, Lengua de Serpiente, aunque ya le habia visto anteriormente en
películas como dune o la de alien resurección, pero simplemente no llegue a
fijarme en él como la del señor de los anillos. También disfruté mucho del
juego Myst3 en el que aparece, aunque se me hizo muy corto el juego (me lo
pasaría en 5 días jugando un ratito por las tardes :-S) y fácil ya que sólo
me atasqué en un puzzle que resolví en el mismo día...
Me encanta mucho este actor, aunque de su voz pueda decir poco ya que no he
visto todavía ninguna película suya en versión original, y destaco de él sus
roles en los personajes, se aprecia su talento como actor y eso no es fácil
de ver, ya que mi lista de actores favoritos es bastante reducida...
Es un actor bastante abierto, aunque principalmente destaque por sus roles
malvados, que son los que me encantan, ya que soy una apasionada de los
juegos de rol y suelo llevar esa serie de personajes, aunque haber que vais
a pensar :-D, todo el mundo sabe que soy muy buena persona :-).

Me gustaría verle más en películas de comedia,
ya que me parece un genio y puede dar más
de si en esos papeles, le vi en una película que hacia de gay (no recuerdo
como se llamaba :-/, ¿miradas asesinas? ¿miradas frías? algo así en las
penosas traducciones de títulos de películas en español xD).
Más o menos esta es mi experiencia, yo disfruto muchísimo del cine, y me
encanta encontrarme y descubrir tan buenos actores como lo es Brad Dourif,
con esto os animo a los que seais de españa y os apetezca compartir con esta
gente lo que os parece este actor, que lo hagais ;-).(y así se que alguien
de aquí va a leer mis cosas de la página que está en castellano!)
Besos.

Alma. SmashingP :-)


Commentario de Alma. D (la francesa) oye, yo el juego lo terminé en 4 dias ( ea) pero con una jaqueca !!!!!
no me atreveria a decir que es facil :o))
bueno si alguno necesita ayuda para un puzzle basta con escribir.........

 

As I read through I had to agree with every single feeling you embodied into your words.
And as you seem to be a person with the same feelings (at least about Brad) as me,
I would like to tell you about my discovering of this great actor and man.

Firstly I saw (as a part of my movie education) the movie „One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest“.
I am from Czech Republic, so I saw this movie mainly because of its director (czech citizen).
I appreciated the great acting of Jack Nicholson,
but most of all my attention was drawn to the shy, blue-eyed, stammering boy.......
I felt deep pity because of his fate and at the same time huge admiration to the actor, who could do this character so well....

Then I realized it was Brad.... and than I played the Game.... Myst III:Exile.
I liked the first game and I love this one even more.
I love the scenery, which is wonderful and at the same time frightening,
I love the music, which I still hear in my head, but most of all I am addressed by the story of Saavedro.
I was glued to the monitor, when he was there.
The depth with which he expresses sadness, wrath, despair and hope....

And from then on I have kept searching for those horrible films,
which I would have otherwise never watched, and every time I see him acting, I am amazed.
I asked myself why I like him so much and I think it is because he is able to express
the dark side of our soul with such intensity, he shows that even a coward or mass killer is human,
that evil is present in every single person and we have to deal with it according to our abilitties.
For example Saavedro (this role is exceptional, because he acts only for you and talks to you, which is really great)
is full of anger and wrath, he would not hesitate to kill you if he could
(and at frist he actually killed me), but at the same time,
there is something sad and innocent in his look, maybe the hope,
that not all dreams are lost in this world and his final „Good bye“ is really worth playing the game.

Andrea



Je ne peux que faire écho à Andrea, je pensais sur ce site rester un peu en retrait,
j'ai déjà consacré le Dreamsalbum à tenter d'exprimer, disons d'expulser,
ce que je ressentais, en pensant que ça allait me passer, que j'avais juste "pété un plomb".
Une année après avoir fini Myst j'en suis toujours intérieurement au même point.

J'ai été tout d'abord bluffée par l'émotion, pourquoi mettre autant de nuances dans un personnage d'aussi peu de portée?
Il a dit un jour que la grande différence entre l'acteur américain et l'acteur européen était
que celui-ci ne faisait jamais entièrement dans le mélo, lui si, sans retenue.
Certains acteurs traversent les rôles et les époques en n'étant jamais qu'eux mêmes,
( pendant "Les deux Tours" je me suis parfois demandée si Theoden allait couler avec le navire.:o))

Mr Dourif place tant d'intensité, de vibration,de profondeur et de nuance
dans le moindre de ses rôles, si alimentaire soit-il,
que ça en est parfois douloureux à regarder.

Il n'y a plus rien d'original à en dire, il puise en lui même le pouvoir de rendre humain, de nous rendre proche
n'importe quel monstre, avec un mélange d'émotion et de jubilation, il joue, il s'amuse et se joue de nous.
Un acteur, tout simplement? il suffit d'observer son visage seconde par seconde dans n'importe quelle scène
pour y voir défiler toute la palette des émotions.

Ce qui m'a attirée au départ, c'est de reconnaître dans ses personnages ma propre part d'enfance
et mon propre côté négatif mélangés.
Alors je me suis bien raccrochée au côté intello de la chose....?
Bon, en fait, j'ai craqué aussi sur ses yeux ...c'est dit.
(Les yeux étant souvent la seule chose reconnaissable d'un rôle à l'autre)

Alma


What attracted me to Brad? At first an appeal to the darkness in me. I
found myself fascinated and aroused by the characters he played,
particularly Deputy Pell Gediman and Lon Sudor. He helped to make that
darkness more human. Then I began to read interviews and was impressed by
his ability to empathise with characters and utilise aspects of himself but
in a way that I think is very healthy. He appeals to the more spiritual
side, outside the everyday yet rooted in the real world.

Also, his appearance fascinated me. I do not think of him as handsome,
although he is such a chameleon that in some shots he is very good looking.
I find him stunning, hypnotic, fascinating - again the Gediman look
fascinates me and lately Grima. He is far to enticing to be something as
narrow as handsome. And of course the eyes, oh those wonderful eyes! Still
having trouble with than moustache and adore hime with long hair!

Oh yes, I am a sucker for underdogs!!!

Chris

What attracts me to Brad is that he is so mysterious. It is a chore
to dig up anything about him online or in books. I also like him
because barely anyone else does. No one knows who he really is, so I
get to introduce his character to many people. Like I have said so
many times before, the drop dead gorgeous looks just happen to come
with the package. Though, when it comes to looks, yes. He is
beautiful, and has the bluest eyes I have ever seen(you can tell a
lot through someone's eyes) Brad's face has a certain perfection
that is unmatched by anyone I have ever seen. He also has very nice
hands. When it comes to personality, I only know him through
interviews, not ever really getting to know the whole Brad(this adds
to the aformentioned 'mysteriousness') Now, his versatility as an
actor is probably the best in the world(....no bias at all...:o) )
His wide range of emotions and his way of conveying them to the die
hard fan and the average viewer continually amazes me, and probably
will for the rest of my life.
ok, i've written a book now, and am usually not this expressive or
emotional. :o)
Katherine


- Emotion and expression, it is really what he provokes

You are right, he does provoke emotion and expression. I see this in
your art, and I guess in my words now.


*nods* I feel the same way about him, actually. I myself have actually
written a few poems that he/his portrayal as certain characters have
inspired. Since I'm still 'fixing' them, I haven't let anyone read them.

Alexandra


I, too, feel the same. Sometimes he says things that
I can relate to so much it is eerie.
And yes, I would like to read your poems. *points to
self* Poetic soul over here.
Lee


Well, the first thing I noticed ever was his eye. Then his scarily
good portrait of Billys vulnerability. Next how scarily good he is a
being "creepy" in films, and next how honest he is about taking
lesser roles to "feed my family", ie. accepting bad scripts to pay
the bills, which I'm sure other actors do too, but won't admit how
acting is a job.....I like his unassuming appearance during
interviews, and how the many quotes displayed in various places make
him seem like a multi-facetted person.


-s


I like him for all of these reasons and others I am
not sure I can explain. I just feel that I understand
him somehow. Sometimes, when I read things he has
said it is like he has climbed into my head or I have
climbed into his. Don't know if this makes sense. I
don't know. I am just drawn to him.

Lee

The reason I'm attracted to him is because of his INTENSITY :o) and the way
he plays his characters. I really feel like I can relate in some way to
each of the roles he's played (at least the one's I've seen) . . . maybe I
should be worried about this *lol* . . . Also, after reading some of the
quotes, I can relate to him (as himself) in many ways. What he said about
his personality and feelings during his childhood/high school years exactly
describes my own personality/feelings during that time. I also like him
because there are so many "facets" to him, both as himself and in his
characters. Watching him is like looking at an abstract painting and
seeing something different every time :o)

. . . there . . . have I rambled enough? *lol*

Carissa



oh, this is a great question...why do I like brad!?

well, I guess I was originally drawn to him when I saw "one flew over
the cuckoo's nest' when I was about 10 years old because I thought he
was 'cute'...as time went on, I sort of lost track of him, having
never caught his name back when I was 10, but he was still there in
other ways. by this I mean, I was still very much interested in him
as a result of other movies that he would pop up in, but never made
the connection to 'cuckoo's nest' until, well, really not until a
month ago, but the reason why I liked him before my rediscovery is
because he just seemed like such a cool guy! that may sound strange,
but he has been in my cool books for ages! he is very talented, and
completely unusual! then I saw 'nightwatch', and although he has a
very small part in the movie, he was just incredible! he didn't
treat it as a small part in a thriller/horror flick, he treated it as
a part that deserved to be acted well, and he went above and beyond
that! it was this movie that originally turned me onto him as being
more than just a cool guy...his intense eyes and amazing smile and
that absolute insanity that seemed to be contained within! he is
miles from being the cliche, but that is a compliment! at that piont
he stayed with me a little more than before, and I was always amused
and happy to see him pop up in movies here and there, always giving
his all to the performance, but it wasn't until I saw LOTR the two
towers that I was completely floored! brad was amazing as
wormtoungue and i instantly felt myself longing to know more about
him and to see more of his movies and tv appearances, but to look at
them more closely....he has blown my mind away with his talent that
most of the world doesn't seem to see! he is attractive, but seems,
having never met the man, very down to earth! he is an odd character
that can bring out such intense emotion in his performances, and this
always pulls emotions out of me!

in short, yes,I think he is attractive, those eyes and smile are
beyond words, really, though not many people can see or understand
this. It is also his acting ability that is beyond belief, yet
somehow remains unrecognized by the majority, and it is the fact
that, in interviews and from what i've heard in fan encounters, that
he seems like such a genuine and all around down to earth guy...i
read the interviews and i can even at times see a bit of my own
insanity in him and it, he, in some bizarre way, makes me feel better
about who i am as an individual, and more comfortable in my skin! i
have never been a 'fan' of anyone else that has made me feel this
way, maybe it sounds insane, but to me it's just...beyond words!

i'm babbling, but i hope this has helped in some way!

---amanda

 

For me, my very first experience watching Brad was Child's Play and I
was really impressed with how scary he was in the role. His voice
and also his eyes made a very big impression on me. Now that I have
seen several more of his movies, I've seen just how big a range he
has, and that, I suppose, attracts me to him and his roles. But of
course the number one thing is, and a lot of people here share the
same seniment, his eyes. They always look like there is something
hiding behind them, but you're not sure what. Especially with the
role of Wormtongue, you just don't know what pain and agony that is
underneath that "evil" exterior.

Mousie

 

See? This is more or less what I was saying or trying
to anyway. I'm not that great at expressing myself sometimes.
Lee