Philip Seymour Hoffman, Once More

Anthony Lane has a very good essay about him and, funnily enough, fixates on the PSH performance which most struck me, too.

One final note: When I said that Hoffman might be my favorite actor of my generation, I didn’t mean “best.” That’s a separate question and Hoffman probably ranks somewhere on any such list, too.  But I really meant my personal favorite. Like most people, I have a little list of actors who give me enormous pleasure whenever they show up–I like to think of them as actors whose VORPs are just totally off the scale. For me, anyway.