Word: incrediblydark
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Dates: during 1999-1999
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Best ActorNick Nolte, Affliction: Nolte's performancein Affliction is dark. Really dark. So incrediblydark, in fact, that his tortured Wade Whitehousedoes not at first appear to be complex enough tobe an Oscar-worthy performance. A few hours afterviewing the movie, though, it starts to sink in.His unobtrusive body language, for one. Withoutspeaking line of dialogue, Nolte communicates tothe audience a world of repressed pain and theveneer of machismo that inadequately stretches tocover it. Though the performance is incrediblygood, the film's obscurity and this year's stiffcompetition may keep the statuette out of Nolte'shands...
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