![]() When he finished writing that one word, we all knew that we had witnessed not one but three triumphs - the triumph of a human will and spirit, the triumph of the cinema which was able to capture the moment like this on the film, and the triumph of an actor who did not act but who became his character. We could not take our eyes off the screen where the young crippled man whose entire body was against him and who only had a control over his left foot, picked up a piece of chalk with his foot and for what seemed the eternity tried to write just one word on the floor. The glasses did not clink, the forks did not move, the food was getting cold on the plates. Then, suddenly, all of us stopped talking and laughing. The TV was on - there was a movie which we did not pay much attention to. ![]() I remember, many years ago, we had a party in our house - the friends came over, we were sitting around the table, eating, drinking the wine, talking, laughing - having a good time. ![]() It is amazing how much he throws himself in each of the characters he plays making them real. Daniel Day Lewis is one of the best actors of our time and one of my favorites.
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