![]() Especially Gielgud impresses here, with a role that requires a lot of forceful talking, bordering on yelling, with declarations and insinuations and other things - as big as his acting is, just as with Brando and Mason to an extent, though he kind of pulls it back when he can (see the tent scene between Brutus and Cassius before battle), there's subtleties there, little moments you can see the actor working through the emotional logic first, the dense Shakespeare poetry second. And yet the final moments with Cassius and Brutus are so effective it makes one want to say nevermind. The final battle is good but almost, to me, a little short, as if Mankiewicz steps up to make an epic conclusion, but decides to side-step it as if he isn't totally trusting in his capabilities (that would come later, one supposes, with Cleopatra as far as BIG epics went). How to sway a crowd is the name of the dramatic angle here, and it's the stuff of the best Hollywood dramatic acting, writing and direction (and art direction too, what sets) could offer. He's making it very personal, all the more sad and that the revenge against the betrayers all the more stronger. He isn't just talking to no one, or to himself. When Brando has his major set piece (he's not in as much of the film as you might expect, but his presence is felt more, which seems to be a thing with Brando character), addressing the crowd devastated over the loss of their ruler, it's a pinnacle of acting. It's almost unfair to give a proper review to the film after seeing it once, as certain big set pieces - or even a couple of the conversations that Cassius has with Brutus or the other Roman senators plotting the death of their "beloved" Caesar - are quite dense with visual touches and details of performance. And yet it's not simply that these actors get some of the meatiest-dramatic lines ever written, like in the history of all civilizations, but that this is all about what it means to have, take, live with, demolish and get back or keep protected Power, with a capital P. This is the Godfather of political dramas, and so many, many lines have been taken into just everyday grammar aside from the 'fault is not in our stars' line, listen for others like ' O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth' or 'it was Greek to me'. ![]() It's Shakesepare on Golden-age Hollywood scale, but it's kept intimate when it counts, and the material is allowed to shine fully. Interesting to see the intensity so LARGE on the fronts of both fronts of British classical-trained theater (John Gielgud, as the most psychologically pathological character, Cassius, fully delivering the goods, plus James Mason being his Mason-iest) and the Method (Brando, seeming like he's always been in these robes - at least this week). The direction is elegant and timed just right to get the performers on their beats and delivering more and then some. Send us feedback about these examples.Julius Caesar, the classic story of power corrupting and what happens when it's usurped, is the stuff of a near-masterpiece in 1950's Hollywood. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'vanquish.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 3 Apr. Cassie Shortsleeve, Men's Health, No matter the government’s position, the AGC will not be easily dismissed and certainly not easily vanquished. Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023 Ahead, the best strategies to reduce or altogether vanquish protein farts. 2023 Seems to me that Pat Riley and his Miami cohorts can’t be thanking the Lakers enough, while Jaime will have to vanquish his dreams of a relatively easy commute from his Camarillo home to Arena. Richard Haass and Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. Vulture, 17 June 2023 Then the devil pops up, and over the course of about a half an hour, the infant Mary vanquishes the devil! - Jeremy Eichler,, 15 June 2023 Even if the West steps up its military assistance, Ukraine is poised to fall well short of vanquishing Russian forces. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 July 2023 And in a real way, Keaton laid the groundwork for the stars that took up the mantle after him, setting the live-action precedent of emphasizing the man as much as the Bat - of playing Bruce Wayne like a tortured soul, vanquishing his demons through psychodramatic cosplay. Rubin Bryan Denton, New York Times, 29 July 2023 With assistance from the government, the Bell Telephone Company became a monopoly, vanquishing most of its hundreds of rivals. Recent Examples on the Web Finally, after almost five years, ISIS was vanquished and the villagers began to come back.
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