Here we go again. As with previous Face Time posts, the actors in these photos all have a Look, faces that hold the screen and our attention, then and now. Looking at these images today, much of their power comes from our shared history of seeing these people on the screen and the roles they played, the films they made, and the associations that come with that. It’s never just a photo. In many of these, it’s about their eyes, looking directly into the camera, and at us, creating a feeling of contact. Some shots are candid, most are posed, or in character for a film.
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Here’s an amazing shot of a young Orson Welles to kick this off.
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Christopher Walken
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Charlotte Rampling
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Lucy Liu
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Sissy Spacek
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Shelley Duvall
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Anita Ekberg
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Catherine Deneuve
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Anouk Aimee
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Malcolm McDowell in O Lucky Man! (1973)
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Richard Jaeckel
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Jack Palance
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Dennis Hopper
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Natalie Wood and Nicola Walker
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Susan Sarandon
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Drew Barrymore
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Charles Dance
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Idris Elba
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Juliette Binoche
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Tim Curry
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Stanley Kubrick (okay, not an actor, but it’s a great photograph and I love his smile)
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Marcello Mastroianni
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Carole Lombard
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Willem Dafoe
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That’s all for now. See you next time. Don’t forget to vote! — Ted Hicks
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