Yet Jeff Goldblums artistry is hard to define.
It is acting, but it is on another plane.
As he toldGQ, Im not mainstream, Im special.
Oct. 22, 2022, marks Goldblums 70th birthday.
To mark this milestone, weve selected 10 films that capture his Goldblumian essence.
To quote the title of Travis Andrews recent bestseller about him, Because Hes Jeff Goldblum.
10.Silverado(1985)
The role:Calvin Stanhope (But my mother calls me Slick.)
To whom do I speak about that?
The ensemble dramedy is set at a Boston alt-weekly poised to be swallowed up by a conglomerate.
Whether its a loan, a drink, selling his promo albums, delivering lectures on Whither Rock?
or demanding a raise, this guy is relentlessly on the make.
Solid Goldblum:Max regales a roomful of dutiful note-taking young women (college students?
Whats the connection, he asks, between theBeatlessong Blackbird and a Wallace Stevens poem about blackbirds?
When he gets no response, he resignedly replies, Theres virtually no connection.
Then he gives them all his phone number.
Post-war, he has the run of the hospital, a charismatic McMurphy-like figure masking survivors guilt.
Solid Goldblum:Write it down?
Write it to whom?
God is out to lunch.
He left a note; see it on your arm.
Watch it:Adam Resurrected, onPrime Video,Apple TV
