By April MacIntyre Jul 26, 2009, 0:43 GMT
Starz Inside: Unforgettably Evil airs Tuesday, at 10 PM on July 28, 2009.
Any actor worth his or her salt will tell you that playing the villain is way more fun and challenging for them. The memorable role of the last Batman film was not that of Batman, but of his nemesis The Joker, played to the hilt by the late Heath Ledger.
The ongoing series Starz Inside takes you on a thorough examination of evil in film, whether it be women, robots, men or monsters, the producers have rounded up an eclectic mix of film stars to speculate on the fascination we all have with the truly evil in film. This doc explores Hollywood's meanest, scariest and most chilling on-screen villains - from Terminator, Psycho, Fatal Attraction, Silence Of The Lambs to The Dark Knight.
The literary pull of the battle of good vs. evil spills into Hollywood plots and premises, where the villain can make or break the movie. Would "No Country for Old Men" be worth watching if not for Javier Bardem's psychopathic killer Anton?
This hour-long special digs into the makings of a great villain as it relates to film. What makes them tick? Are they just in it for the fun or do their motivations run a bit deeper than that?
Unforgettably Evil features Tobin Bell, Lauren Shuler Donner, Malcolm McDowell, Daryl Hannah, Live Schreiber, the late David Carradine, Eric Roberts, Joe Mantegna, Bruce Greenwood, Stan Lee and Eli Roth as they discuss modern and classic film, with an emphasis on the villains and what it was that made them such memorable characters in film history. Clips from numerous films are interspersed throughout to make each cmmentator's point and illustrate the subject.
Below is Starz’s description for the special:
“The special investigates the psychology behind classic villains and the often startlingly simple way in which they grind on the audience’s nerves while playing on their fears. From Alien to Terminator, villains do not necessarily have to be human to be bad. Villains are as old as time itself, and allow the screenwriters of the future to keep audiences squirming in their seats with the help of these characters, who know exactly how to push our buttons."
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