Stumbled across The Thing on cable. Am in utter awe. I've adored this movie for almost 20 years now and tonight after hundreds of viewings I saw a couple of -erm- things I never spotted before.
One, the actual partially assimilated dog-face when Blair tells the rest of the men, it's not a dog but an imitation. And two, finally noticed Fuchs' burned face...
On the upswing, the characterizations in this movie are really well done, and as most people know MacReady is my all time favorite Kurt Russell character. Watching this again, that has not changed. I also really love Richard Masur's performance as the dog handler, Clark. Keith David is another of my favorites here. But it's the subtle things Kurt does and says that still knock my socks off. I adore how he embraces the building paranoia by constantly turning around to make sure anyone behind him does not attack. And his vocal delivery is awesome too (at times, he slurs his voice just a little bit to convey drunk or tired). Amazing.
If I get the chance to meet Kurt again, I would love to thank him for this dynamic and realistic performance (and for starting me on my beard jones).
The next time this is screened theatrically I really must go.
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