A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF BOGARDE'S CHARACTERS

Dirk's movie personalities seem to tend towards two very different types of characters which I have listed below. Dirk has played many characters outside of these two categories, but these seem to emphasize his most well-known roles. I think what makes Dirk the most enticing of actors is his ability to weave both vunerable and sadistic characteristics into the character he is playing on screen (the most obvious would be perhaps Max from The Night Porter). The last thing in the world Bogarde would be is a one-dimensional actor. But the general categories below are the overriding quality that the character posseses, but as any fan of Dirk knows, he is able to layer his characters with many mysterious facets and levels of emotion. They are also some of my all-time favorite Bogarde parts. And as Dirk once wrote, "the camera actually photographs thought." Dirk is among the most skilled actors at this, and whether the thought is clear or mysterious, Bogarde is always thinking on screen, and with such a radiant intelligence. And besides all this, Bogarde, to me, is above all the most handsome, elegant, seductive and charming man to have ever graced the screen. He is like no one else, and his mere screen presence sparkles with a touch of arrogance, danger, susceptibility, and prevading physical beauty that makes him mezmerizing to watch.