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Post by dirtypillows on Aug 21, 2018 5:56:51 GMT
Bette Midler for THE ROSE - 79'. I can understand why Sally Field won for Norma Rae as her character was more inspiring, but she just didn't have the real, raw and exposed emotions, intensity or depth of range that Midler gave to her Rose. Watch both performances back to back and you can see Field acting what she doesn't really get, as opposed to Midler being what she is feeling. Pauline Kael said Midler gave the performance of the year. She is so raw in that role. |
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Post by dirtypillows on Aug 21, 2018 6:05:36 GMT
1. Deborah Kerr - for From Here to Eternity and The Innocents 2. Joan Bennett - for Father of the Bride 3. Elsa Lanchester - for The Bride of Frankenstein 4. Maureen O'Hara - for The Quiet Man 5. Ida Lupino - for The Hard Way Oh, my God, Deborah Kerr was chillingly good in "The Innocents". I know there's supposed to be this great dispute as to what's really going on in this movie, but I loved the Deborah Kerr character so much that I was on her side the whole time. Ambiguity be damned. Quint and Miss Jessel were very real, and it took somebody as super sensitive and aware as Miss Giddens to know it. Though, I have to admit that when Michael Redgrave asks Deborah Kerr at the beginning of the movie... "Do you have an imagination?" Then she says, emphatically, "Oh, yes, absolutely!" , to which he then responds "That is good. I feel like the truth can only truly be understood by those who have imagination..." That line gave me chills, because it is the exact opposite of what most people think, but it is exactly the way that I think. In other words, I was NOT expecting such a line or point of view as this coming from a movie! "The Innocents" rarely goes past subtle, but it is by far the most deeply frightening movie I have ever seen and this is in no small part due to Deborah Kerr's exquisite performance. And the two child actors, especially Martin Stephens, were scarily good! |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Aug 21, 2018 8:32:36 GMT
Bette Midler for THE ROSE - 79'. I can understand why Sally Field won for Norma Rae as her character was more inspiring, but she just didn't have the real, raw and exposed emotions, intensity or depth of range that Midler gave to her Rose. Watch both performances back to back and you can see Field acting what she doesn't really get, as opposed to Midler being what she is feeling. Pauline Kael said Midler gave the performance of the year. She is so raw in that role. Yes, she was an absolute knockout. Typical that they gave the award away to a Miss Thang.  |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Aug 21, 2018 8:33:48 GMT
1. Deborah Kerr - for From Here to Eternity and The Innocents 2. Joan Bennett - for Father of the Bride 3. Elsa Lanchester - for The Bride of Frankenstein 4. Maureen O'Hara - for The Quiet Man 5. Ida Lupino - for The Hard Way Oh, my God, Deborah Kerr was chillingly good in "The Innocents". I know there's supposed to be this great dispute as to what's really going on in this movie, but I loved the Deborah Kerr character so much that I was on her side the whole time. Ambiguity be damned. Quint and Miss Jessel were very real, and it took somebody as super sensitive and aware as Miss Giddens to know it. Though, I have to admit that when Michael Redgrave asks Deborah Kerr at the beginning of the movie... "Do you have an imagination?" Then she says, emphatically, "Oh, yes, absolutely!" , to which he then responds "That is good. I feel like the truth can only truly be understood by those who have imagination..." That line gave me chills, because it is the exact opposite of what most people think, but it is exactly the way that I think. In other words, I was NOT expecting such a line or point of view as this coming from a movie! "The Innocents" rarely goes past subtle, but it is by far the most deeply frightening movie I have ever seen and this is in no small part due to Deborah Kerr's exquisite performance. And the two child actors, especially Martin Stephens, were scarily good! I have only seen The Innocents once and will need to re-visit. I don't recall being overly impressed, but I don't think I was watching it properly either. |
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