Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Not the thrill of immortality, not the hunt, not the gothic romance. What it offers instead is two ancient lovers, the crumbling cities they haunt, and the slow pleasure of their company.
Actor: John Hurt
John Hurt made more than a hundred and twenty films and was twice nominated, for Midnight Express and The Elephant Man, both of which required him to convey interior life under extreme physical constraint.
The Elephant Man buried him under eight hours of prosthetics daily, and the performance is entirely in the voice and one visible eye.
The chestburster scene in Alien is the single most reproduced moment in horror, and the other cast members were not told what would happen, which is why their reactions read as they do.
The voice made him a permanent presence in narration and animation, and he worked steadily until his death in 2017.
