I am embarrassingly underfamiliar with Christopher Walken, except that every time I see him, I realize he's incredibly talented.
There's no reason to be embarrassed--most of the movies he's in are terrible (the likes of Joe Dirt and Kangaroo Jack), and he only has small roles in most of the best movies he's in (the likes of Pulp Fiction and Sleepy Hollow). But I agree, he is talented.
Speak to me of The Dead Zone.
It's a David Cronenberg movie based on a Stephen King novel. I haven't seen it in a few years, but I remember it having a nice atmosphere and Christopher Walken gives a subtler and consequently more fundamentally intense performance than some of his more recent work. It's something of a subdued Cronenberg, too, particularly for the period (I can't recommend Videodrome enough). It has a very nice atmosphere.
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There's no reason to be embarrassed--most of the movies he's in are terrible (the likes of Joe Dirt and Kangaroo Jack), and he only has small roles in most of the best movies he's in (the likes of Pulp Fiction and Sleepy Hollow). But I agree, he is talented.
Speak to me of The Dead Zone.
It's a David Cronenberg movie based on a Stephen King novel. I haven't seen it in a few years, but I remember it having a nice atmosphere and Christopher Walken gives a subtler and consequently more fundamentally intense performance than some of his more recent work. It's something of a subdued Cronenberg, too, particularly for the period (I can't recommend Videodrome enough). It has a very nice atmosphere.