I just love her, and despite her two Oscars, three Emmys, and Cannes acting prize, she seems curiously underrated to me. She is a fine actor with a gorgeous offscreen persona.
Post by taranofprydain on Jul 31, 2017 4:13:12 GMT
Most underrated, and extremely talented. It was a pleasure to see her in a leading role last year as it has been much too long since her last lead. She can do drama, comedy, the whole works. She can even lend gravitas and conviction to dubious projects. She is truly great.
Yeah, I can't argue with anything you say there. Field is an extraordinary talent who always enlivens whatever she's in. I'm not super-crazy about her '84 win (although it is an incredibly underappreciated turn), but her Norma Rae is one of the all-time best wins the Academy ever bestowed, and I think she's crazy underrated in Lincoln, where she's the best of the nominees. I really don't understand how she got snubbed in '94 for Gump; that one's a headscratcher for the ages.
I think her all-American/girl-next-door image kind of turns people away from considering her amongst the best of her "serious actress" peers. But she's fantastic, a very specific actress who lays it all out on the table.
Her performances in Sybil, Two Weeks, Norma Rae, and Mrs Doubtfire are all extraordinary. Also..........
I think her all-American/girl-next-door image kind of turns people away from considering her amongst the best of her "serious actress" peers. But she's fantastic, a very specific actress who lays it all out on the table.
Her performances in Sybil, Two Weeks, Norma Rae, and Mrs Doubtfire are all extraordinary. Also..........
Oh honey, the people, the people, the people... seem to love her!
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I think her all-American/girl-next-door image kind of turns people away from considering her amongst the best of her "serious actress" peers. But she's fantastic, a very specific actress who lays it all out on the table.
Her performances in Sybil, Two Weeks, Norma Rae, and Mrs Doubtfire are all extraordinary. Also..........
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I think her all-American/girl-next-door image kind of turns people away from considering her amongst the best of her "serious actress" peers. But she's fantastic, a very specific actress who lays it all out on the table.
Her performances in Sybil, Two Weeks, Norma Rae, and Mrs Doubtfire are all extraordinary. Also..........
Don't forget 'Steel Magnolias'! Her thespian powers are fully deployed there - I'm not sure that I've seen a person be able to plumb the depths of sorrow and externalize an anchor of enormous grief so authentically...
Like her contemporary Lange, her acting style can feel phony and grating. I haven't seen some of her most acclaimed work, but on the whole I can't say I'm a big fan.
One of our finest American actresses who has given some truly great performances, especially in Places in the Heart, Norma Rae, Steel Magnolias, and her amazing break-out role in the tv film, Sybil. She doesn't have the great beauty of so many of her peers and was always looked upon as the girl next door. As a consequence she's had to struggle throughout her career to get the roles she deserves.
But even her Emmy nominated work in television series like Brothers and Sisters and ER was outstanding.
She's simply one of our great American actresses, who never got all the great roles she deserved.
She had a pretty fantastic career all things considered, though. Two Oscar wins is nothing to squeeze at. Not to mention she was one of the highest paid actresses in her prime, and considered a major star. Most actresses would dream of reaching those heights.
I'm glad you mentioned her work in Sybil. That's a fantastic performance, and it really helped change audiences perception of her, prior to that they still saw her as The Flying Nun, and would not take her seriously as an actress. Without Sybil, we probably wouldn't have had Places in The Heart or Norma Rae for example. Also in addition to those two films, I thought she was terrific and charming in Murphy's Romance, a movie that doesn't get enough love.
She had a pretty fantastic career all things considered, though. Two Oscar wins is nothing to squeeze at. Not to mention she was one of the highest paid actresses in her prime, and considered a major star. Most actresses would dream of reaching those heights.
I'm glad you mentioned her work in Sybil. That's a fantastic performance, and it really helped change audiences perception of her, prior to that they still saw her as The Flying Nun, and would not take her seriously as an actress. Without Sybil, we probably wouldn't have had Places in The Heart or Norma Rae for example. Also in addition to those two films, I thought she was terrific and charming in Murphy's Romance, a movie that doesn't get enough love.
Glad to see another fan of this exceptional actress, and, yes, I agree with you about Murphy's Romance. Another of her fine performances under the direction of her favorite director Martin Ritt (from Norma Rae). And Garner's only Oscar nod was for that film. On top of everything else, it's a life-affirming project without ever being sentimental.
Re: Martin Ritt, one of the great actor's directors - in the scene in Norma Rae when the police take her out and put her in the car, she asked Ritt for guidance, and he told her, "Whatever you do, don't let them put you in that car." And in the ensuing struggle to keep them from getting her into the car she actually broke a rib of one of the actors playing a policeman, for which she was, of course, profoundly sorry. But it made for a great scene.
Martin Ritt was a superb actor director, having directed thirteen different actors to Oscar nominations in total in his career, and his work with Sally Field was no exception. I don't think he gets enough appreciation these days.
Great story too. I think it speaks well of Field as well.
Martin Ritt was a superb actor director, having directed thirteen different actors to Oscar nominations in total in his career, and his work with Sally Field was no exception. I don't think he gets enough appreciation these days.
Great story too. I think it speaks well of Field as well.
Yes, I think Ritt was always a bit overlooked in his day, given that his work with actors was among the best and resulted in so many great performances - like Kazan, Nichols, and Lumet, as I wrote elsewhere (though I believe all would agree that Kazan was the best of the best). And today he seems all but forgotten. It's true that he didn't always have the best scripts to work with in his career, so not all his films are wonderful, but it's a shame he's not better acknowledged for his skill with actors. He was a member of the original Group Theatre as an actor in the 1930s, where he learned the Stanislavski technique. That served him well through out his career. I fell in love with his work when I saw his first feature, Edge of the City (1957), on tv in the early sixties.
And you mentioned the Oscar nominations, so for those who don't know, I'll list them: Hud (wins for Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas and a nom for Paul Newman); The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (nom for Richard Burton); The Great White Hope (noms for James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander); Sounder (noms for Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield); Pete 'n' Tillie (nom for Geraldine Page); Norma Rae (win for Sally Field); Cross Creek (noms for Rip Torn and Alfre Woodard; and Murphy's Romance (nom for James Garner).
And, of course, he received a well deserved nomination himself for Hud. But I strongly feel that he should also have been nominated for Sounder, Norma Rae, and maybe for The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
A great list of noms from a variety of performers, and films. It should also be noted that he was blacklisted, so he was coming from a more cynical point of view when he started out making films, which is why The Front with Woody Allen is probably the most personal film he ever made.
As for other nominations, I think he definitely deserved noms for Sounder and The Spy Who Came in From The Cold. From a director and storytelling point of view, those are very impressive.
