How not to put a face on him immediately. Hundreds of movies in which the face of the already veteran Jackson appears to give solidity to any plot. Almost always as secondary or at least as complementary to another central interpretation. Not to be confused with Laurence Fishburne (Matrix) despite his similar physiognomy. In the first place because nothing to do with the virtues of one and the other. Secondly, because Samuel got quite pissed off when they brought up the subject of his resemblance.
The point is that Jackson is the typical actor for whom you dare to see a movie. Something like Morgan Freeman, a value that ensures ground interpretations capable of giving transcendence to the most insipid plot. But it is also that Jackson is usually successful in many of his films, which end up being blockbusters first and classics later.
Our friend Samuel was born in Washington, DC in 1948. He began his acting career on stage in the 1970s. He made his film debut in 1981 with the film Together for Days. During the 1980s, he appeared in a number of independent films, including Jungle Fever (1991) and Do the Right Thing (1989).
Jackson rose to stardom in the 1990s with a series of roles in hit movies. In 1994, she starred in Pulp Fiction, a Quentin Tarantino film that became a cult classic. In the 2000s, Jackson continued to be a popular star. She appeared in the superhero film The Avengers (2012) and its sequels, as well as the action films The Hateful Eight (2015) and Glass (2019).
Jackson is one of the most bankable actors of all time. He has won numerous awards for his work, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He is also an advocate for various causes, including equal rights for all citizens.
Top 3 Recommended Samuel L. Jackson Movies:
The protégé
AVAILABLE HERE:Movie with its due sequels «Split» and «Glass». But in the case of this initial work, Jackson's reaches a mythical level in terms of the representation of the anti-hero, of the nemesis to be overcome by a non-classical hero, mired in his own shadows... Without a doubt, a masterpiece with that geeky touch of comic book lovers.
It must be said that Bruce Willis also does great as an atypical superhero, rocked to the whims of his discoverer and instructor, Jackson himself. A tandem that could not have worked better. The worst thing about this movie is that I can't develop it much further. Because the final twist is masterful...
Pulp Fiction
AVAILABLE HERE:On this occasion, Travolta's leading role focuses more attention and perhaps that is why I select it in second place in terms of Jackson's simple interpretations. We also find the film in which the fruitful idyll between Samuel and Tarantino it pointed towards many other movies where the reunion always worked perfectly.
As for the film itself, it undoubtedly marked a before and after in the consideration of cinema as a seventh art. For his ability to deconstruct the plot, for his ability to steal the absolute attention of the viewer in each scene due to his photography but also for his dialogues that sometimes border on a fascinating surrealism. To shortly after recover the verve of a fast-paced action. Always black humor that embroiders everything and in the end a multitude of readings about the world presented, be it a parody of cinema, of the urban underworld, of power, of success, of vices and of everything that comes before it in terms of interpretations given to the movie.
Django unchained
AVAILABLE HERE:As an example of what has been indicated for the relationship between Tarantino and Samuel L Jackson, serve this film in which Samuel manages to be one of the most hateful types in the cinematographic universe. The black faithful servant of the white owner, capable of sharing his own hatred towards anyone who does not share the color of his white ass. Jackson's scenes are fascinatingly maddening, embroidering a role of being despicable that on few other occasions I have found.
We already know the movie, or we can imagine if you haven't seen it, that it advances through bloody paths for which Heinz rubs its hands multiplying its production of ketchup. And yet we also find those strange paused scenes, of maximum tension. Much of that tension is given to us by Jackson's gaze, darkened until the sinister becomes tangible.