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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 9, 2019 21:59:02 GMT
I mean, is there, really? I can't imagine. I know I am on my own toot, but I've never seen any actor or actress run the gamut from fear to pathos and back again like Spacek does here. Carrie White makes one's soul bleed.
Also to be noted, is that Spacek's performance is not the least bravura worthy, i.e., the total opposite of a Meryl Streep type performance.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 9, 2019 22:05:32 GMT
Yes, Sissy Spacek in 'night Mother.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Oct 9, 2019 22:09:46 GMT
She’s phenomenal, but I can think of quite a few performances that were better.
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Post by jcush on Oct 9, 2019 22:12:29 GMT
It's a great performance, but it's not even Sissy Spacek's best performance in my opinion.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 9, 2019 22:25:00 GMT
I can't even relate. Sissy Spacek makes an extraordinary monster be ultimately sympathetic. Her Carrie White makes the notion of evil be transparent and sympathetic. I can't imagine how she did it. SS (note the similarity in initials!) makes me feel empathy for the most lost and tortured of monsters. And you can't top that.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Oct 10, 2019 2:24:12 GMT
I mean, is there, really? I can't imagine. I know I am on my own toot, but I've never seen any actor or actress run the gamut from fear to pathos and back again like Spacek does here. Carrie White makes one's soul bleed.
Also to be noted, is that Spacek's performance is not the least bravura worthy, i.e., the total opposite of a Meryl Streep type performance. I saw a different movie Mr. Dirty, it was her huhu that was bleeding. 
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Oct 10, 2019 2:33:06 GMT
I can't even relate. Sissy Spacek makes an extraordinary monster be ultimately sympathetic. Her Carrie White makes the notion of evil be transparent and sympathetic. I can't imagine how she did it. SS (note the similarity in initials!) makes me feel empathy for the most lost and tortured of monsters. And you can't top that. Is there another performance similar to SS that came before Carrie? If not, what she gave was a revolutionary performance that took screen acting to another phase and what is so darn terrific about it, is that she doesn't even appear to be acting. Like you have mentioned before, it is like she has been stripped of all ego and that is what may make it a little difficult for many to acknowledge.
There were no false notes and no showy histrionics that can often be associated with, or mistaken for great screen acting. Even her transformation into a psychotic supernatural killer belied all cinematic cliches and archetypes.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 11, 2019 22:42:20 GMT
I can't even relate. Sissy Spacek makes an extraordinary monster be ultimately sympathetic. Her Carrie White makes the notion of evil be transparent and sympathetic. I can't imagine how she did it. SS (note the similarity in initials!) makes me feel empathy for the most lost and tortured of monsters. And you can't top that. Is there another performance similar to SS that came before Carrie? If not, what she gave was a revolutionary performance that took screen acting to another phase and what is so darn terrific about it, is that she doesn't even appear to be acting. Like you have mentioned before, it is like she has been stripped of all ego and that is what may make it a little difficult for many to acknowledge.
There were no false notes and no showy histrionics that can often be associated with, or mistaken for great screen acting. Even her transformation into a psychotic supernatural killer belied all cinematic cliches and archetypes. Very interesting observations, Toasted Cheese. I will have to think about what you said regarding how people can't wrap their heads around a basically ego-less performance. I never thought that one before. "belied all... archetypes"... Oh, that's so cool. And in doing so, perhaps SS gave birth to a new archetype. I love that word, btw.
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Post by tavaresmd on Oct 11, 2019 23:22:24 GMT
I like her performance overall, but I'm not a big fan of it during the prom attack or. The next few scenes before she arrives home. I would have preferred Carrie to show more emotion and not be in a trance like state. it would've made her transformation more emotional to me.
I know it's probably a director decision not an acting decision by her.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Oct 12, 2019 13:58:56 GMT
Is there another performance similar to SS that came before Carrie? If not, what she gave was a revolutionary performance that took screen acting to another phase and what is so darn terrific about it, is that she doesn't even appear to be acting. Like you have mentioned before, it is like she has been stripped of all ego and that is what may make it a little difficult for many to acknowledge.
There were no false notes and no showy histrionics that can often be associated with, or mistaken for great screen acting. Even her transformation into a psychotic supernatural killer belied all cinematic cliches and archetypes. Very interesting observations, Toasted Cheese. I will have to think about what you said regarding how people can't wrap their heads around a basically ego-less performance. I never thought that one before. "belied all... archetypes"... Oh, that's so cool. And in doing so, perhaps SS gave birth to a new archetype. I love that word, btw. I see ego as what we largely relate too as humans and with acting, it is about the performer giving it their all and the doing the best they can do to make it believable. It is something that for the most part has to be aware of the self. Ego is a large part of acting. Not that this is a detrimental thing, but with SS in Carrie, she comes across as neither prideful, nor subtle in performance. She appears to operate in a totally different stratosphere of character and in a nutshell, was one of kind unique. It is difficult to detect much of the acting and it can also appear incongruous to even peg it as acting.
I was going to use stereotype, but I thought archetype was more fitting, even if they can be interchangeable, because here, SS reinvented the wheel.
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Post by millar70 on Oct 13, 2019 2:41:57 GMT
Yeah, Piper Laurie from the same movie.
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Post by petrolino on Oct 13, 2019 3:01:45 GMT
I believe her aching vulnerability, which turns to closeted rage, remains pertinent to a certain kind of human experience. Sissy Spacek captures all the emotions and then some. She was also honest enough to say she benefited from the direction, photography and editing of some of her early performances, back when she was a raw performer coming from music and the art world, perhaps lacking in confidence. I mean, Brian De Palma's and Paul Hirsch's editing of 'Carrie' is just terrific. And Sissy is dynamic.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Oct 13, 2019 6:32:56 GMT
I mean, is there, really? I can't imagine. I know I am on my own toot, but I've never seen any actor or actress run the gamut from fear to pathos and back again like Spacek does here. Carrie White makes one's soul bleed. Also to be noted, is that Spacek's performance is not the least bravura worthy, i.e., the total opposite of a Meryl Streep type performance. Your name. Your avatar. This post (Again) I dunno why but I have this little tiny hunch that you are being biased. Which I can get. We all have our favorites in the entertainment business, sports, the arts etc. I may not have seen SS in THAT many things but I prefer her in Coal Miner's Daughter. Isn't that her voice when she sings? That right there shows her with another talent.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Oct 13, 2019 6:34:35 GMT
She’s phenomenal, but I can think of quite a few performances that were better. Hers, other actors or both?
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Post by jamesbamesy on Oct 13, 2019 9:48:49 GMT
She’s phenomenal, but I can think of quite a few performances that were better. Hers, other actors or both? Other actors, mainly. I doubt that I’ll see a better performance from Sissy Spacek than in Carrie. |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Oct 13, 2019 12:18:14 GMT
I believe her aching vulnerability, which turns to closeted rage, remains pertinent to a certain kind of human experience. Sissy Spacek captures all the emotions and then some. She was also honest enough to say she benefited from the direction, photography and editing of some of her early performances, back when she was a raw performer coming from music and the art world, perhaps lacking in confidence. I mean, Brian De Palma's and Paul Hirsch's editing of 'Carrie' is just terrific. And Sissy is dynamic.
While there are parts of Carrie that I do find a tad eye-rolling, Spacek remains unscathed and for a film that is almost 100mins and is pretty much a simple told tale, it is packed full of incident, clips along real nicely and seems shorter than what it actually is.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Oct 13, 2019 12:21:20 GMT
Yeah, Piper Laurie from the same movie. Laurie was very good too and she could have very easily descended into parody or caricature, but she kept her performance on track and believable for a crack pot loon. What is also remarkable, is that she is different in stature and build than what King describes Margaret in the book. She was a large domineering physical presence, which would have been even more intimidating for Carrie.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 13, 2019 12:23:30 GMT
Yes
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Post by WarrenPeace on Oct 13, 2019 17:27:08 GMT
Hers, other actors or both? Other actors, mainly. I doubt that I’ll see a better performance from Sissy Spacek than in Carrie. I preferred her in Coal Miner's. For one thing it's a good biopic movie where she is good in it. And another, she is not a murdering psycho going around and killing others. To each our own.
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