True West Gary Sinise/John Malkovich - Part 6/10

The epic and unrivaled production of True West by Sam Shepard with Gary Sinise as Austin and John Malkovich as his older brother Lee.

Part 6 - Austin's world has crumbled in the wake of Saul rejecting his script for Lee's, and in a reversal of roles, Lee is now the one trying to write while Austin gets "sloshed" and accepts Lee's challenge that he couldn't "steal a toaster without losing his lunch", and soliloquies about their old man losing his teeth to a Mexican dentist

Apologies for the quality, but it's from an old, ex-video store VHS. It's a positive crime it hasn't been re-mastered and re-released!

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Entertainment

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• True West
• Gary Sinise
• John Malkovich
• Sam Shepard
• theatre

[TheJudgeNYC]

I think they're acting in bubbles. They seem totally disconnected in the beginning. I don't think either of them would do the scene any differently with different actors. I don't buy John as Lee at all. They should play opposite roles. This to me is not a guy who's been living out on the desert. He's more like a nerdy, sissy boy that's been holed up in a Library who has occasional screaming outbursts. It's very hard to find what's really going on in this scene. These guys didn't find it.

[owlcu]

I love the way Lee tries to get the paper into the typewriter with a butter knife at 2:07, and then his brother mocks him at 8:45. The tables have turned.