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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 22:17:16 GMT
My go-to answer for this question has been Ann-Margret for several years now - stuck with the "sex symbol" label in the 60s and is perhaps best known now for her romantic connection to Elvis? I'm not sure... Unfortunate considering her talent - earthy, sensual, so full of gravitas. She is the preeminent Blanche DuBois in my opinion - absolutely the best interpretation of the character that I've personally seen - just beyond reproach. Her Oscar-nominated turns in Carnal Knowledge (Mike Nichols!) and Tommy (Ken Russell!) are also incredibly worthy of praise. As Blanche...  sirjeremy - Have you ever seen Our Sons with her, Julie Andrews, and Hugh Grant? |
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 17, 2019 23:30:14 GMT
I'd say John Cassavetes was a better actor than he was a director (not kidding) but he's more celebrated as a director now where he was also special of course. Edge of The City, Rosemary's Baby, Dirty Dozen, his Johnny Staccato TV Show, much great episodic TV including an all-time Columbo, Husbands, Mikey & Nicky......he's a tremendous actor and there's lots of small quirky gems to find like Marvin & Tige and things like that.  |
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Post by sirjeremy on Jul 18, 2019 17:19:29 GMT
My go-to answer for this question has been Ann-Margret for several years now - stuck with the "sex symbol" label in the 60s and is perhaps best known now for her romantic connection to Elvis? I'm not sure... Unfortunate considering her talent - earthy, sensual, so full of gravitas. She is the preeminent Blanche DuBois in my opinion - absolutely the best interpretation of the character that I've personally seen - just beyond reproach. Her Oscar-nominated turns in Carnal Knowledge (Mike Nichols!) and Tommy (Ken Russell!) are also incredibly worthy of praise. As Blanche... sirjeremy - Have you ever seen Our Sons with her, Julie Andrews, and Hugh Grant? No, but it's on my Amazon Prime wishlist. Is it worth watching soon? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 18:43:14 GMT
sirjeremy - I think so, yes. It's not great by any stretch, but the performances are so full of heart (Ann-Margret is the MVP). And Hugh Grant's American accent is actually quite good!
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