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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 12, 2018 0:48:34 GMT
Two classic, phenomenal performances. Couldn't be more unalike in feeling and technique.
Which performance do you prefer?
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Post by moviemouth on Jun 13, 2018 3:51:33 GMT
Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice
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Post by movielover on Jun 13, 2018 3:54:31 GMT
Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice, by far.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jun 13, 2018 4:24:00 GMT
Sissy Spacek in Carrie for me. But then I'm much more familiar with that film.
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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 13, 2018 8:04:56 GMT
Carrie is a much easier film to sit through, it's not as long, not as boring and not as annoying for various reasons. Spacek, also gives a more natural and real performance, compared to Streep's excellent, but technically self-aware, headspace performance. Now, if you were to ask Spacek's Carrie, or Jessica Lange's Frances, that is a different story. Ha! Your favorite female performance vs. my favorite female performance. Lange's rage was ferocious and intense, and her quieter scenes were touching, lovely, often very sad. The movie makes me wish she had tried to try something other than acting/Hollywood with her life. I read her biography "Will There Really Be A Morning?" and it was devastating. Later on, there were some rumors that Farmer's female confidante, Jean Ratliffe had written much of the book, after Farmer's death. I don't know, but what a depiction of hell on earth that book was. Farmer really was given her trials and tribulations on earth. It is my favorite performance by Jessica Lange ("Men Don't Leave" is a close second) and I think Lange should have gotten the Oscar that year, but there was no way the Academy wasn't going to pat itself on the back by overlooking Streep's million watt dazzler. But Spacek takes the cherry pie for me. (even though these movies are not from the same year) She is heartbreaking, sweet, bewildered, paranoid, hopeful, nervous, elated and, finally, blue rage and terrifying... before finally reverting to her desperately sad, previous pitiful state. She was no less than 100% authentic the whole time. Spacek let herself to be totally vulnerable with the character and it's impossible to detect a false step in her creation. Her characterization doesn't even call for needed depth, because the depth is already there in her because she IS so real herself. Spacek does not overplay at any point, nor does she underplay. Maybe even more than Loretta Lynn, Carrie White was the role Sissy Spacek was born to play. Nobody could have done it better. Meryl Streep used to be a marvel of acting tricks and technique and her timing one step past impeccable. Her performance as Sophie is charming and engaging, but finally it is also anemic and a bit precious, really. It wasn't a bad performance at all, and it probably supplied Streep with the showiest role of her long career. I agree there was some kind of magic there, but magic also evaporates right after the effects are gone. And then you are left with aftertaste. Can we get some more Sissy supporters to respond here, please? |
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