Male Identification in Film

[poetman]

For the gentlemen in the lounge:

Often when watching a film we associate with a male character in the film. What male protagonist do you most associate with or wish to be. What character has what you want (clothes, style, lady, home, job, etc)? Which film do you return to with a sense of joy (beyond the plot) because of that character? What film has the male character that most completely represents your tastes and desires?

Who are you and why?

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Count Rudolph von Stegenbeck , "The Brylcreem Boys"

-dixon von cannon

 

[Imahomer]

For me I'd like to be Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon. He dresses right, he is in control of various situations, he works in my town (S.F.) and he knows how to do his job. Plus he has that certain "air" about him. :eusa_clap

 

[ScionPI2005]

I'm probably really stretching this...seeing as how you asked about protagonists in movies, but I'm going to bend the rules and tell you which characters in radio shows I feel closest to.

I'm a big detective and criminologist person, so I'd have to go with a detective. However, after getting to know (figuratively) the various detectives in radio shows, I'd have to say I most closely relate to Phillip Marlowe, or maybe Randy Stone from Night Beat. I'm not the kind of guy who fits the real "tough guy" persona, but I feel that while Marlowe and Stone still have some of that "tough guy" mentality, they seem a little bit subtler. Both still seek the truth and justice in a gritty world that the other detectives do, yet they seem to go about it while letting their emotional side show more. (I really hope I worded that in a way that's understandable :eusa_doh: )

And while I adore Richard Diamond, he's just too goofy and off the wall to really fit my personality that much.

 

[scotrace]

I am George Bailey.

 

[Kifaru]

Denys Finch-Hatten from Out of Africa. He is his own man, quick with kind word and a gun, knows when the politics are bunch of BS but does his part anyway, because its the right thing to do. Won't shoot a lioness just because a baroness is scared but will double tap a charging lion with a Holland&Holland Express .470 as cool as a cucumber. Enjoys the art of conversation, reads good books, loyal friend and actually likes women. By that I mean, all guys like getting laid but few actually like women and would rather hang out with the guys, if you know what I mean.

The big difference between him and me is I was not afraid to commit. My darling bride and I will have been married ten years this friday. I guess I'm lucky that I know which side my bread is buttered on!

Like Denys, my life is a safari. Safari is the Swahili word for "journey". Thats why I dress like I do.

 

[Nighthawk]

 

[Naphtali]

Strange. I wouldn't have thought identification would be with Westerns. Oh, well.

Burt Lancaster as Joe Erron in "Vera Cruz" (1954). His portrayal screwed up my life from that point onward. Wonderfully funny, strange, vicious, and interesting.

Burt Lancaster, again, this time portraying Bill Dolworth in "The Professionals" (1966). His portrayal was remarkably similar to that of Joe Erron -- but more subdued, significantly less psychotic.

And lastly, Charleton Heston in his best role as Will Penny in "Will Penny" (1968) as an itinerant drover who befriends and is befriended by a woman with young son. Poignant without being maudlin.

 

[Haversack]

Fritz von Tarlenheim

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