Sir Anthony Hopkins is one of my most
favourite actors. I don't think I've seen anything of his that I
haven't enjoyed. I can't imagine anyone playing a better Hannibal
Lecter, or his role in Fracture was particularly chilling. The
character that he played in the Edge was also particularly gripping.
All of them are believable even the scary ones are frighteningly
beautiful.
When I watch a film that he is in, I
always feel that he taps into some part of himself in order to
manifest the character. He makes them all seem wonderfully human,
even the evil ones.
Maybe the reason I like Anthony Hopkins
is that he's a musician. It's something I tend to admire in people.
Sure I hack away at my instruments, of which I'm starting to amass a
great collection. They make me deliriously happy. Unless you are a
musician or “wanna be musician” like me, or have a deep
appreciation of music there isn't a feeling that I can describe to
explain it. Sometimes when something is just right the hair on my
arms stand up, shivers roll up my back and out the top of my head and
I can feel my soul lift up and out of my body. According to a recent
study done a very small percentage of people ( less than 5%)
experienced what they have dubbed a “frissons” the lesser term
is “skin orgasm” but is not used as much due to the sexual
connotation of the term. There is nothing sexual about it, but I
suppose the closest thing to compare it too is that. But even that
pales in comparison. Find the article here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3173770/Music-trigger-physical-response-similar-orgasms-people.html
Sir Anthony Hopkins wrote an amazing
piece of music called the Waltz goes on. I experienced one of these
“frissons” listening to it. What really astounded me from the
article is that most people don't experience this. I knew that music
doesn't effect people the same way, and that some people don't have
an appreciation of music at all, but I thought the majority of people
were struck the same way when they heard a piece of music! I suppose
if I have to be some what unique in this way I'm glad.
Anyhow, here is sir Hopkins Piece I
hope you enjoy it as much as I did, although I guess according to the
research you probably won't.
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