Touch Of Evil
The New York Times Magazine has produced yet another, hopefully annual, set of video portraits of some of this year’s best actors (this time directed by Alex Prager). Last year it was a gallery of “classic film types” and this year it’s “cinematic villains,” featuring Brad Pitt as “The Madman,” Rooney Mara as “The Sociopath,” Gary Oldman as “The Menacing Dummy,” Mia Wasikowska (and this portrait is my favorite) as “The Home Wrecker,” Ryan Gosling as “The Invisible Man,” George Clooney as “The Tyrant,” Viola Davis as “The Vengeful Caretaker,” Kirsten Dunst as “The Siren,” Michael Shannon as “The Tycoon,” Jessica Chastain as “The Fire Starter,” Jean Dujardin as “The Hothead,” Adepero Oduye as “The Outlaw,” and Glenn Close as “The Vamp.”
