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Catch-22. Alan Arkin was transcendent in Mike Nichols' perverse adaptation, which missed the comedy but captured the pure terror of the Joseph Heller novel...
...compulsive poor-mouthing-so far. Gould's irresponsible childishness on and off the screen may give a vicarious thrill to many who share his petulant self-pity, but until he grows up, this moviegoer will continue to opt for the likes of Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson and Alan Arkin...
...wave length more than a makeup man. "There's been a shift in focus of movie heroes and movie stories," says Jules Feiffer, the writer-cartoonist responsible for a new Gould movie, Little Murders. "Out of this shift came the possibility of careers for the likes of Gould, Alan Arkin and Dustin Hoffman. What really happened is that Hollywood is trying to update its mythology, and these are the stars of the new mythology." Mel Stuart, who directed Gould in the soon-to-be-released I Love My Wife, puts it another way: "Gone is the superego, the allure...
Despite such isolated gripes, Gould is known almost universally as a very professional and highly resourceful performer. "He's an excellent actor," says Alan Arkin, who directed him in Little Murders. "The character he plays has a kind of brooding intensity that Elliott doesn't have. He had to work very hard for that. But he was completely successful." Candy Bergen reports that she had never had such fun working in films before co-starring with him and adds: "He was the first person to teach me to enjoy acting." One of Elliott's lessons consisted of standing off-camera...
...Alan Arkin, Actor...