Sunday, 10 February 2008

Christopher Lee's Lessons In Delusion

If you ever want a really good laugh, watch The Many Faces of Christopher Lee. This is the hammiest example of an actor attempting to explain his craft that I've ever seen. Those familiar with Nigel Planer's creation Nicholas Craig will see many similarities here. Lee comes across as not only pompous, arrogant and lacking in all humility, but also as incredibly stupid and perhaps a little bit racist. Here's one of the clips that appears in the interview, of him singing a completely god-awful song about alcohol. He introduces this in the film by saying "I sang it as an opera, as a pop song and as a musical. I think my Grandmother (who was an opera singer) would have been proud."

Christopher, I beg to differ.



To see the full film in all it's glory, here are the links:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

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