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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 screen. Right from the outset, in one of the film's first scene, we see that Kline's Otto is no normal jewel thief. Even though Otto is supposed to be working under the guise that he is Wanda's (Jamie Lee Curtis) sister, he quickly gives her breast a squeeze in full view of Ken, one of the other robbers. What makes this movement work comically is that Kline does it so lightening fast and that if you blinked you might miss it. He has such control over his arm that he is able to extend it, and withdraw it in a matter of maybe a second. This allows for the suspended disbelief that Ken does not see him do it. Another movement that Kline makes also speaks volumes about his body control. Otto and Wanda are together in what I take to be Otto's quarters. They are
He can take control over almost any situation with his body because he is so centered. This allows for the suspended disbelief that Ken does not see him do it. There is such cleanliness and crispness to all his movements, he speaks very clearly with his body. While we do not see how Otto gets Archie into the position of hanging out the window, we assume that he quickly and decisively over powered him. He goes over to kick a car out of anger. 00Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda The film A Fish Called Wanda is on the AFI's (American Film Institute) Greatest 100 Comedies list. vJustin IssaVoice and Movement12. It appears that he is practicing ninjitsu. He reads Nitzche, but as Wanda says he "Doesn't get it". This is so interesting because Kline's Otto is supposed to a be a vulgar American bank robber. It appears that he is practicing ninjitsu. He overhears the two of them making fun of him. Kline shows the control of an acrobat. There is such cleanliness and crispness to all his movements, he speaks very clearly with his body.
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