tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post2929420809227661274..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: April Showers, Glenn CloseNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71227107487153483012009-05-05T11:23:00.000-04:002009-05-05T11:23:00.000-04:00Glenn Close is amazing. I found footage of the yo...Glenn Close is amazing. I found footage of the young actress while making a documentary on Up With People. She doesn't like to admit it, but this is where her acting and singing career began. She even wrote music for the smiley singing group and dons the cover of Up With People albums. Archival footage of Glenn Close is included in the film: SMILE 'TIL IT HURTS, which is just now hitting the festival circuit. www.smiletilithurts.com<br />www.smiletilithurts.blogspot.comLeehttp://www.smiletilithurts.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-32868154177590735752009-05-01T00:21:00.000-04:002009-05-01T00:21:00.000-04:00She also rocked in Heights or something like that....She also rocked in Heights or something like that. LOVE Glenn!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-79626776600136674572009-04-29T17:58:00.000-04:002009-04-29T17:58:00.000-04:00She was heartbreaking in Nine Lives. And has no on...She was heartbreaking in Nine Lives. And has no one seen The Safety of Objects? Absolutely amazing.Fainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00683778919662629750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-81075973723139784212009-04-29T00:10:00.000-04:002009-04-29T00:10:00.000-04:00I think Close's warmest performance is in Nine Liv...I think Close's warmest performance is in Nine Lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-17895938757121872012009-04-28T19:54:00.000-04:002009-04-28T19:54:00.000-04:00I remember I read somewhere that the reason Close ...I remember I read somewhere that the reason Close was not nominated for Reversal of Fortune was that some voters considered her performance as lead and others as supporting and that split the votes. <br />I guess will never know.John C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-13418461582839291062009-04-28T17:34:00.000-04:002009-04-28T17:34:00.000-04:00I don't think that's an entirely fair assessment o...I don't think that's an entirely fair assessment of Close's capabilities as an actress. I know you aren't an enormous Glenn Close fan, Nathaniel, but it's as if you're implying she's a two dimensional actress with one trick. <br /><br />Like the time you refused to put her on your "top 10 most overdue" list because she "stopped trying."<br /><br />I don't think "trying" to win an Oscar makes you any more or less overdue. When I think of someone who's "given up" I think of someone like Debra Winger who has, quite literally, given up. Or Diane Keaton, who doesn't seem to be seeking out quality roles in ANY medium anymore. Glenn Close is a dedicated actress who has gravitated toward quality roles through her entire career, and I think it's really narrow-minded and dismissive to say she's stopped trying because there's so much interesting material for women her age (who are NOT Meryl Streep) on TV nowadays.<br /><br />This post just reminded me of that comment...and because you're typically so sympathetic towards the plight of actresses over 45 I assumed it was just some issue you had with Glenn Close, and I guess I was right.Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622435513032131426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-16976998030580032202009-04-28T14:16:00.000-04:002009-04-28T14:16:00.000-04:00Great actress, one of my favorite. She should've w...Great actress, one of my favorite. She should've won for Dangerous Liaisons. I have no idea what they were thinking in the 80's. If you look at her awards section you will see that was never a front runner:<br />5 Oscar nominations<br />1 BAFTA nomination for Dangerous Liaisons (1988)<br />Only 3 Golden Globes nominations, two of which for comedy. <br />I think Close will win an Oscar eventually, like Geraldine Page and Shirley MacLaine, if not, she'll get an Honorary Oscar 10-20 years from now, like Deborah Kerr and Barbara Stanwyck, though you'll never know and Mrs. Close may also ended up like Irene Dunne. Plus her new movie project looks very interesting and she still has a couple of years to make Sunset Boulevard.Willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49036353330974377892009-04-28T14:00:00.000-04:002009-04-28T14:00:00.000-04:00Close is my favourite living actress. I know Oscar...Close is my favourite living actress. I know Oscars are about performances and not actresses, but have you seen the people she lost to? Cher... Linda Hunt...? Where the hell are they now? I mean Jodie Foster is good. But she has two Oscars and people like Glenn Close, Sigourney Weaver and Gena Rowlands have NONE. Oh, the pain. Anyways, I digress. I love The Big Chill... my favourite of the year actually...Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-13055920514234078652009-04-28T12:46:00.000-04:002009-04-28T12:46:00.000-04:001988 was a rich year
my 5
close
weaver
streep
row...1988 was a rich year<br /><br />my 5<br />close<br />weaver<br />streep<br />rowlands<br />foster.<br /><br />i never got the sarandon hooplah at all.mrripleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-91520259899522482342009-04-28T12:45:00.000-04:002009-04-28T12:45:00.000-04:00nice to see a tribute to an actress who was overlo...nice to see a tribute to an actress who was overlooked for oscar plus for a 1990 nom for reversal of fortune i can see her now banging the couch,i was a cher man in 87 but it was glenn all the way in 88 so pissed jodie won cos she got hers in 91 too and glenn nothing,she did not deserve her nod in 84 for the natural though.mrripleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-3924573519619628542009-04-28T11:49:00.000-04:002009-04-28T11:49:00.000-04:00Sean C... i so disagree. I think Liaisons is Close...Sean C... i so disagree. I think Liaisons is Close's finest hour (with only Sarandon's Bull Durham performance rivalling it) ...and I wouldn't have even nominated Foster <br /><br />very strong year, 1988.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-18781636735609295522009-04-28T10:58:00.000-04:002009-04-28T10:58:00.000-04:00Glenn is overrated... Even when she's playing warm...Glenn is overrated... Even when she's playing warm and loving (World According to Garp) it feels clinical and studied.... Foster definitely had stronger work in '88 with "The Accused" though "Fatal Attraction" really is one of the best female performances of the 80's hands down in the strongest Best Actress year of all time in my opinion.<br /><br />- Sean C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-18166499286062301842009-04-28T03:21:00.000-04:002009-04-28T03:21:00.000-04:00this may sound like blasphemy now but when i first...this may sound like blasphemy now but when i first heard that they were planning of adapting prada,i thought glenn would be perfect as miranda priestly.<br /><br />dont get me wrong. i love meryl's performance as runway's top honcho but glenn's portrayal could have been as interestingjc valenciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444836020581997931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-58934953447880936102009-04-28T02:33:00.000-04:002009-04-28T02:33:00.000-04:00That final scene in Dangerous Liaisons kills me ev...That final scene in Dangerous Liaisons kills me every time. I have no idea how Glenn Close lost on what would have been an easily deserved make-up win.<br /><br />(And I love her overplayed fit in the previous scene; pitch-perfect and it resonates so deeply.)Sam Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09456254953886041016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1754728894632870332009-04-28T00:04:00.000-04:002009-04-28T00:04:00.000-04:00Close is another actress whose work I've hardly se...Close is another actress whose work I've hardly seen. (Have never seen any of her five nominated performances, not even Fatal Attraction!) Her comedic work in the Dalmations movies, Cookie's Fortune and Stepford Wives I have seen. She's easily the best thing going in all four of those flicks. (oops! except Julianne Moore, she's killer in that jailcell scene)Wayne B.noreply@blogger.com