For Your Consideration: Fred Melamed

It\’s always wonderful to hear when talented, creative people get the recognition they deserve.

My old friend Fred Melamed gave an amazing performance in the Coen Bros.\’s new film A Simple Man. And people have taken notice.

MovieCityNews, in a column about people who deserve an Oscar nomination say:

Fred Melamed is Sy Abelman in A Serious Man, playing the kind of role you would normally see the Coens give John Turturro. He’s odd, quotable, and unforgettable. This is a film of great performances, including supporting actor Richard Kind. But people will be doing Sy Abelman imitations for a long time to come.

Read the entire column here.