tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408139579944180262.post5116891132775837906..comments2024-03-28T21:51:30.277-04:00Comments on Captain Critic: Reeling Backward: "Spartacus" (1960)Christopher Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00912714677164687899noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408139579944180262.post-45204490617079849992010-05-22T13:08:25.165-04:002010-05-22T13:08:25.165-04:00"In less than perhaps 10 minutes of total scr...<i>"In less than perhaps 10 minutes of total screen time, he paints an indelible presence"</i><br /><br />Laughton was always very good about making the best even of the least bit of footage... Take for instance his Nero in The Sign of The Cross, who only appears in a handful of scenes but is easily the character (along with Claudette Colbert's Poppaea) you remember best after watching.<br /><br />OK, I dig Charles quite a lot, so I'm biased ;D<br /><br />Incidentally, I wrote a piece about his work in Spartacus not long ago: His Gracchus was actually meant to appear in more scenes, but was a victim of backstage politics and cutting-room massacre:<br />http://rootingforlaughton.blogspot.com/2010/02/senator-was-undermined.htmlGloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895285900033034259noreply@blogger.com