For its 75th edition, the Cannes Film Festival paid tribute to Forest Whitaker rewarding him a palm of honor which rewards his entire career.
To discover or rediscover Forest Whitaker, Lose invented a selection of three fantastic movies on whose quality depends a lot this immense multifaceted actor.
The films of the selection are immediately available on Netflix, Prime and Disney +.
In the role of Idi Amin Dada, the African dictator in The Last King of Scotland
We you highly recommended The last king of Scotlanda biopic that intersects with elements of fantasy e unlike all the others. The film is available on Disney +. Terrifying, fascinating, charismatic and totally unpredictable Forest Whitaker delivers there a surprising interpretation which earned him numerous awards when the film was released in 2007. Among them, we can mention Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actor.
“Forest embodied Amin’s dual personality, charm and threat, with such intensity that the atmosphere on set was sometimes really weird. It perfectly portrays the excess and danger of the character.. “
Charles Steel, producer of the film (from Secrets of the Shooting)
In the story, Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) plays a young Scottish doctor who arrives Uganda where it meets the new leader of the country, Idi Amin Dada. Fascinated by Scottish history and culture, Amin Dada finds the young man likeable and proposes to him to become his personal doctor. Seduced by the charisma of the Head of State, the young doctor joins the presidential circle. bombed confidant of the dictatortrapped in the heart of the The murderous megalomania of Amin DadaGarrigan becomes an accomplice in spite of himself of one of the most terrifying African regimes of the 20th century.
Fascinating as a lone samurai in Ghost Dog
the ghost dog is a professional killer that melts into the night and creeps into the city. He lives in a hut perched on the roof of an abandoned building, among the birds, where he studies an ancient samurai text. when his moral code is betrayed from the dysfunction of a mafia family that hires him from time to time, he reacts strictly according to the samurai code.
Produced in 1999, ghost dog is can be Jim Jarmush’s best movie. Carried by the Wu-Tang Clan RZA soundtrack, this extremely sensitive, poetic and visceral work through Mafia stories to martial arts and hip-hop.
At the heart of this mix is a lone wolf, Ghost Dog. Whitaker’s role seems almost the exact opposite of that of Last king of Scotlandso much that the actor accomplishes here an exhibition everything under control. The character is almost mute, however, emanates an emotional and tragic power that leaves no one indifferent. Furthermore, ghost dog is available on Prime Video.
Menacing but also unsettling in Panic Room
Available on Netflix, Panic room is a closed-door thriller by David Fincher made in 2002. The film follows Meg (Jodie Foster), a 30-year-old who moves alone with her daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) to a huge house located in an upscale neighborhood in western New York. A house in which they believed they were alone…
True thrill of suspense and adrenaline, Panic room I won’t give you a second for catch my breath. The film mischievously exploits the space of the house and above all presents captivating and surprising characters. Among them, Forest Whitaker is by far the most outstanding. Shines with the richness of his game, which makes it capable of inspiring us with both fear and empathy…
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