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Justin Issa Voice and Movement 12.5.00 Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda The film A Fish Called Wanda is on the AFI’s (American Film Institute) Greatest 100 Comedies list. Although this film features talented actors like John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline easily steals the show. Kline gives a brilliant performance as the pseudo-intellectual Otto. What makes Kline so remarkable is the way that he moves and makes his character dance across the …

…rare in film because subtly is needed in close-ups. You can read all you would want to know about Otto by the way he moves. He is someone who wants very badly to be smart. He reads Nitzche, but as Wanda says he “Doesn’t get it”. He can take control over almost any situation with his body because he is so centered. It’s this control that makes his performance so fun to watch.