tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post186402515585436279..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Patricia Neal (1926-2010)NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-39958948324365862732010-08-11T19:27:40.837-04:002010-08-11T19:27:40.837-04:00Every holiday season I must watch the Waltons Chri...Every holiday season I must watch the Waltons Christmas Homecoming. She was simply wonderful as Livy.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-12582745925455087782010-08-11T07:18:49.106-04:002010-08-11T07:18:49.106-04:00I love her in Hud and agree that it's one of t...I love her in Hud and agree that it's one of the best performances ever, but yes, it feels more supporting, yet we've had it others times in Oscar history as well, I prefer a gorgeous supporting role to win for leading than leading atrocities like Bullock this year.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731831712362994812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1754896745329671922010-08-09T23:21:05.803-04:002010-08-09T23:21:05.803-04:00Very sad news.
Her performance in HUD was truly ...Very sad news. <br /><br />Her performance in HUD was truly amazing.John D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7561428023120667372010-08-09T21:53:43.982-04:002010-08-09T21:53:43.982-04:00Sign me up with the team that thinks A FACE IN THE...Sign me up with the team that thinks A FACE IN THE CROWD contains her best work. Lesser known Neal highlights include an absolutely commanding turn in the otherwise tiresome Warner soap opera THREE SECRETS(1950). Eleanor Parker's in it too but doesn't bring her A-game. And one of Neal's later films (1989)was an under-rated drama called AN UNREMARKABLE LIFE. Here she and Shelley Winters lit up the proceedings with the combined experience of two impressive professional lifetimes.CanadianKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240756292929779255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-26998968131795842132010-08-09T21:39:30.510-04:002010-08-09T21:39:30.510-04:00You must also not forget her performance as Olivia...You must also not forget her performance as Olivia Walton, the Matriarch of the Walton clan in "The Homecoming" (1970). She played the part for the 2-hour made for TV movie which launched the "The Waltons" for the next 10 years.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240375198932757737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-75903803769095682352010-08-09T20:26:48.507-04:002010-08-09T20:26:48.507-04:00Thank you for the name-check! If there's any s...Thank you for the name-check! If there's any silver lining to be taken from Neal's passing, it's that so many people are talking about Hud today, some novices are bound to see it as a result. Hurrah for that, at least.Guy Lodgehttp://www.incontention.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-43663824390992100372010-08-09T19:02:05.456-04:002010-08-09T19:02:05.456-04:00She was fantastic in Hud, and great in T.S.W.R too...She was fantastic in Hud, and great in T.S.W.R too.joe burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987519630654592530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-73578194247076900602010-08-09T18:24:25.544-04:002010-08-09T18:24:25.544-04:00She's fantastic in the movie, but we all know ...She's fantastic in the movie, but we all know the was a category fraud*. She should have won as supporting, and Rachel Roberts as leading. Paul Newman vs Richard Harris? Impossible to decide. <br /><br />The movie was the best of the year, of course. Tom Jones is very good, but it's not a masterpiece like Hud. <br /><br />It's category fraud old school. Voters misjudged category placement. It's not evil studio campaigns.cal rothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-38165304807563307142010-08-09T16:24:09.476-04:002010-08-09T16:24:09.476-04:00This is a great loss for film lovers. She was a po...This is a great loss for film lovers. She was a powerful presence in Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Day the Earth Stood Still, but my absolute favorite performance of hers is in A Face in the Crowd.<br /><br />She's the sensible counterpoint (and the Dr. Frankenstein) to Andy Griffith's mounting, fascist psychosis, and she does it with great pathos and emotional range. The movie wouldn't be half of what it is without her.<br /><br />RIP.Andreashttp://mendthiscrack.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-10213311682771070782010-08-09T15:56:50.933-04:002010-08-09T15:56:50.933-04:00Rent The Fountainhead....It's a must.Rent The Fountainhead....It's a must.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-9637921362357629642010-08-09T15:34:13.485-04:002010-08-09T15:34:13.485-04:00I'd like to replicate the way she cast a knowi...I'd like to replicate the way she cast a knowing smirk at him and tore open her checkbook for kept man George Peppard in Tiffanys one day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-51454228821889129842010-08-09T14:49:21.400-04:002010-08-09T14:49:21.400-04:00The first thing I ever saw her in was, of all thin...The first thing I ever saw her in was, of all things, the TV movie that eventually became the series The Waltons. I believe it was called The Homecoming. I thought it was terrific and she certainly seemed like the kind of woman who could single-handedly get her entire poverty ridden clan through the Depression.<br /><br />The other performance that comes to mind is in Hud of course. The entire movie is great, but she definitely stands out. But the thing is, the performance is almost too subtle and delicate to have actually won. Usually those performances get passed over for the crying and "ugly makeup." It's one of the few times the Academy got it right.Dave in Alamitos Beachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-15155497845556594342010-08-09T14:27:30.390-04:002010-08-09T14:27:30.390-04:00Let me join in the echo of praise of Patricia Neal...Let me join in the echo of praise of Patricia Neal in Hud. One of the ten best performances to win Best Actress. Even with her borderline supporting role, she has such a lived in, and sexy quality to Alma. And when she's not onscreen, you can still feel her, and miss her. And I miss her right now.Seeking Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-11796230012196048992010-08-09T14:07:17.724-04:002010-08-09T14:07:17.724-04:00She's absolutely amazing in "A Face in th...She's absolutely amazing in "A Face in the Crowd", the whole film is great but she tears at your heart at the end. She was also great in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" but a real gem that is worth seeking out is the little known and hard to find "The Breaking Point" with John Garfield from 1950which is based on, and much more faithful to Hemingway's To Have and Have Not.joel65913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-5525838193531963802010-08-09T13:49:51.757-04:002010-08-09T13:49:51.757-04:00RIP Patricia Neal.
She deserved her Oscar for Hud...RIP Patricia Neal.<br /><br />She deserved her Oscar for Hud. Way to go Academy.<br /><br />I have not seen Subject Was Roses.<br /><br />I also liked her in Breakfast at Tiffany's and Day the Earth Stood Still.Andrew R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08656464274438644356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-23139021292813118932010-08-09T13:42:03.736-04:002010-08-09T13:42:03.736-04:00patricia neal's performance in HUD is definite...patricia neal's performance in HUD is definitely one of the very best actress oscar winning performances.<br /><br />sadly, this is the only film i've seen of hers that i can remember. though i've heard she's also great in THE HASTY HEART, A FACE IN THE CROWD, and THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES.kentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49594663442211361182010-08-09T13:15:31.761-04:002010-08-09T13:15:31.761-04:00This woman's life defined tragedy. So sad. Bu...This woman's life defined tragedy. So sad. But she truly lived, and her performance in "Hud" is one of the best Oscar winners ever in lead actress. R.I.P.Barrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-4318023782122053322010-08-09T12:35:41.595-04:002010-08-09T12:35:41.595-04:00That voice!That voice!Notas Sobre Creación Cultural e Imaginarios Socialeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423835555933819338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-82430756494761918132010-08-09T12:27:38.757-04:002010-08-09T12:27:38.757-04:00"How many Oscar winners get to be played by o..."How many Oscar winners get to be played by other Oscar winners?"<br /><br />A league of their own: Patricia Neal and Joan Crawford...MrWnoreply@blogger.com