tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post6250839466430160655..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Hayward on My Mind.NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-38279559203203349652010-07-01T13:21:32.117-04:002010-07-01T13:21:32.117-04:00OMG yes Nat and SoSueMe!
The posters for these mov...OMG yes Nat and SoSueMe!<br />The posters for these movies and the titles! They're exploitative heaven!<br />I love any movie title that involves an exclamation mark for that matter.Notas Sobre Creación Cultural e Imaginarios Socialeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423835555933819338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-80596053807135527862010-07-01T09:35:03.241-04:002010-07-01T09:35:03.241-04:00At least Susan's films had memorable, melodram...At least Susan's films had memorable, melodramatic and deliciously shameless titles...if Tilda Swinton's Julia had been called Smash Up: The Story of a Woman, I'm convinced Tilda would have been nominated!SoSueMenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-9835650202612896482010-07-01T06:52:51.545-04:002010-07-01T06:52:51.545-04:00par -- hee! so true.
everyone -- hayward's fi...par -- hee! so true.<br /><br />everyone -- hayward's films have THE best taglines. "filmed on location... inside a woman's soul!"<br /><br />you really can't beat that.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-55072124387652217302010-07-01T06:13:17.476-04:002010-07-01T06:13:17.476-04:00i've either seen one of these films or all of ...i've either seen one of these films or all of them...par3182https://www.blogger.com/profile/03647653154201086767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-70267920117548544202010-07-01T00:15:30.754-04:002010-07-01T00:15:30.754-04:00Susan Hayward was indeed hammy and she had many ac...Susan Hayward was indeed hammy and she had many actorly tics that distract from her performance. But, like Norma Shearer before her, she's so fascinating to watch even when she's bad. <i>With a Song in My Heart</i> was the first time I became infatuated with her, even if it's one of her weakest Best Actress nominations. <i>I'll Cry Tomorrow</i> is her masterpiece though. How many actresses today would stoop to the disgusting, degrading depths of addiction hell that Hayward does in that movie?Dame Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-63462417363899734542010-07-01T00:12:32.274-04:002010-07-01T00:12:32.274-04:00I haven't seen a single Susan Hayward performa...I haven't seen a single Susan Hayward performance in my life! I've been shamed. I do want to see "I Want to Live!" though for her Oscar win. So it's melodrama to the max, huh? Not really looking forward to that, but I'm trying.BillBillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-55107023704488024062010-06-30T23:00:14.167-04:002010-06-30T23:00:14.167-04:00SUSAN IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SUSAN IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EDDCORTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71211706519876742882010-06-30T20:56:59.159-04:002010-06-30T20:56:59.159-04:00How about we stop blaming the actors and actresses...How about we stop blaming the actors and actresses and start holding AMPAS to a higher standard. Maybe then we'll get more pitch perfect performances that aren't baity, like Marisa Tomei's, and see them nominated and win! <br /><br />Concerning Hayward I believe I saw my very first Hayward film last week; sometimes I think the synchronicity that this blog has with my personal viewing is freaky! A friend had a copy of White Witch Doctor, a film that's not available commercially in the US. I don't really care about how many Oscars wins or noms when I realize I've gone 30 something years on this earth and never seen one of her performances. I really liked her in a mediocre but watchable movie. Those times really produced some redheads. Off to go put some of her films on my Netflix queue.City_Of_Lightsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-83339202998769726472010-06-30T18:49:22.946-04:002010-06-30T18:49:22.946-04:00Funny, I just saw La Vie En Rose again and I reall...Funny, I just saw La Vie En Rose again and I really thought it was much better than the first and second time I saw it. She's still as amazing as ever.Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-66789837868831243702010-06-30T18:37:39.801-04:002010-06-30T18:37:39.801-04:00Hey! Leave Marion out of this!Hey! Leave Marion out of this!Carolinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-81833406489504094722010-06-30T15:39:30.445-04:002010-06-30T15:39:30.445-04:00She died of brain cancer at 57 - - she certainly i...She died of brain cancer at 57 - - she certainly is as tragic as the women she played./3rtfu11noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-40397784717335148822010-06-30T15:20:48.404-04:002010-06-30T15:20:48.404-04:00Don't lump Marion or Charlize in with this gen...Don't lump Marion or Charlize in with this generalizing Susan Hayward bashing. Their wins were extremely earned and should carry none of that "one-hit wonder" or "easy deglam" stigma that's attached to so many Oscar wins.Trevornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-54080017739946847112010-06-30T14:21:52.608-04:002010-06-30T14:21:52.608-04:00I agree with Jose throughout this piece.
I agree ...I agree with Jose throughout this piece.<br /><br />I agree with Mirko re: <i>I'll Cry Tomorrow</i>.<br /><br />I agree with Pretentious Know It All (takes one to no one) about every single thing re: Charlize Theron, except I would say the same on behalf of Cotillard. Though in a match-up between those two superlative performances, I'd vote for Theron... handily the best of the Best Actress winners in the past decade.NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-2649232458752881522010-06-30T14:13:59.591-04:002010-06-30T14:13:59.591-04:00among her nominated perfs, maybe my favorite is th...among her nominated perfs, maybe my favorite is the one in I'LL CRY TOMORROW for which she won Best Actress Prize in Cannes in 1956<br /><br />anyway I'd have liked she won for WITH A SONG IN MY HEART, permitting Liz to win the first Oscar for Maggie the Cat<br /><br />what a pity she hasn't received any other oscar nominations after her winning, I can't help but putting her in my 1967 supporting actress line-up for her role in THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS...so queer!!!Mirko S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-2487798866604850552010-06-30T13:57:58.705-04:002010-06-30T13:57:58.705-04:00this reminds me of Rupert Everett's moment in ...this reminds me of Rupert Everett's moment in My Best Friends' Wedding. his response to angsty suffering from his best friend (Julia Roberts) "Oh, the Susan Hayward of it all!"NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-78984102448628972152010-06-30T13:34:56.824-04:002010-06-30T13:34:56.824-04:00I really hate that Charlize Theron gets lumped in ...I really hate that Charlize Theron gets lumped in with this group of actresses. Her performance was awards-baiting on paper, yes, but it was still a phenomenal performance (and the type of performance I'm usually immune to). Despite how "easy" people claim it was for Theron (and when your biggest competition is Diane Keaton in a Nancy Meyers movie, I understand the argument), I think it's possible that in another year (let's say, the year of Winslet vs. Streep vs. Hathaway), there's no way Theron would have won. Just saying. Of course, the Witherspoon and Cotillard parallels, I agree with. They remain (for me) the third and second worst best actresses of the aughts. We all know who the worst is.The Pretentious Know it Allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13279181033628364368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-68013594579523496602010-06-30T13:10:24.708-04:002010-06-30T13:10:24.708-04:00Why don't we get films like these anymore?
Ba...Why don't we get films like these anymore?<br /><br />Back in the 1940's and 50's there was a massive market for films with female protagonists either suffering honorably, or finding themselves spiralling into deeper and deeper levels of self-destruction. Which Susan Hayward so perfecly encapsulates.<br /><br />These days there are very few movies that fit that format, and what few there are generally get ignored or undersold by the studios.<br /><br />I wonder what has caused this? Would it be that these plotlines would often be thought of as anti-feminist? Or perhaps celebrity culture has led to a greater need for the characters to have a 'happy ending'.Runs Like A Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170144191875296336noreply@blogger.com