tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post7539873943004480657..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Tuesday Top Ten: PTA PerformancesNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-20516506169154546002007-06-30T09:30:00.000-04:002007-06-30T09:30:00.000-04:00oh Julianne... she is luminous in MAGNOLIA and BOO...oh Julianne... she is luminous in MAGNOLIA and BOOGIE NIGHTS.... just LUMINOUS.... and she'll have a great comeback soon:<BR/><BR/>http://ivillage.feedroom.com/index.jsp?fr_story=2a32838b613e3fd60de36b94976c97055d4ce671&rf=mrss<BR/><BR/>or here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.film.com/play/juliannemoo...grace/14895933Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-87109511409442258502007-06-29T13:04:00.000-04:002007-06-29T13:04:00.000-04:00yes! that was it. i forgot. my big love review is ...yes! that was it. i forgot. my big love review is <A HREF="http://www.zoom-in.com/blog/2007/06/a_big_big_love" REL="nofollow">here</A>.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-20134746607886712162007-06-29T00:28:00.000-04:002007-06-29T00:28:00.000-04:00I liked her in Boogie Nights a lot, too.Did you ju...I liked her in Boogie Nights a lot, too.<BR/><BR/>Did you just see her in Big Love? She played Bill Henrickson's sister in law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1288516460707563902007-06-28T20:12:00.000-04:002007-06-28T20:12:00.000-04:00steve i'm with you on walters in magnolia. i don't...steve i'm with you on walters in magnolia. i don't get it either. Though, that said, I think she's pretty f'in great in Boogie Nights.<BR/><BR/>and i just saw her in something else and it took me forever to remember where I'd seen her.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-62245395873816183462007-06-28T12:49:00.000-04:002007-06-28T12:49:00.000-04:00Julie in 'Magnolia' was fucking phenomenal. Exactl...Julie in 'Magnolia' was fucking phenomenal. Exactly what that role required and more. The drugstore scene exhausts and enthralls me, all at the same time, every time.<BR/><BR/>Melora Walters was also sterling, yes.Beauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12330740987516007108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-422567476882710582007-06-28T03:04:00.000-04:002007-06-28T03:04:00.000-04:00Walters's performance in Magnolia is one of those ...Walters's performance in Magnolia is one of those that I don't understand why some people like it so much.<BR/><BR/>I mean, it's not awful or anything, but there are moments when I'm watching the movie (and I do pretty often... in my opinion it's the best of 1999) that I think it's particularly unsuccessful. Not sure why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-22187326604767306412007-06-27T23:40:00.000-04:002007-06-27T23:40:00.000-04:00Moore and Cruise are the big names in Magnolia, bu...Moore and Cruise are the big names in Magnolia, but for me that movie is all about Melora Walters, John C. Reilly and Philip Baker Hall. The best scene in the movie is the one where Hall tells a hysterical Walters that he's dying. And what about the kid, Jeremy Blackman?<BR/><BR/>Agree that Moore gives the best performance in Boogie Nights, but I might throw in Alfred Molina for his brilliant single scene. Or why not Luis Guzman, who brings so much effortless comic relief to that film?<BR/><BR/>Glad you mentioned Hall in Hard Eight. <BR/><BR/>I love Punch Drunk Love, but I'd be hard-pressed to include a single performance from it on this list, although I found Emily Watson pretty beguiling in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7729568337778021092007-06-27T23:37:00.000-04:002007-06-27T23:37:00.000-04:00you know. sometimes i speak too rashly. i didn't m...you know. sometimes i speak too rashly. i didn't mean that PSH is out of control in ALL of PTA's movies. I actually think Magnolia is his best performance in anything (give or take Capote)NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71591024503754808912007-06-27T23:10:00.000-04:002007-06-27T23:10:00.000-04:005 - Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights: great star tur...5 - Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights: great star turn playing the mirror De La Motta<BR/>4 - Tom Cruise in Magnolia: marvelous playing the motherfucker, astonishing when destroyed (this part is so scorsesean. Anyway, I see more Scorsese than Altman in PTA movies)<BR/>3 - Heather Graham in Boogie Nights, so beautiful<BR/>2 - Philip Seymour Hoffman in Magnolia: tender, delicate and real, like an angel. He surely has seen Wings of Desire before acting in Magnolia. Love this extremely subtle performance with no part, just that human angel aura.<BR/>1 - Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights: so beatiful, emotional, sexual, maternal, complex<BR/><BR/>- cal rothAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-41052517213230920802007-06-27T17:49:00.000-04:002007-06-27T17:49:00.000-04:00I agree with all of them. William H. Macy in Magno...I agree with all of them. William H. Macy in Magnolia is also memorable. I can't look at an adult with braces without thinking of him.<BR/><BR/>It's great you included the Fiona Apple videos. They are like little masterpieces. "Paper Bag" is one of my favorite music videos of all time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-39213314253536662472007-06-27T17:41:00.000-04:002007-06-27T17:41:00.000-04:00whoops wrong entry. don't know how that happened....whoops wrong entry. don't know how that happened.<BR/><BR/>For the sake of relevance, I will say that I think Cruise's performance in Magnolia is so successful not because he's playing himself (I don't think he is), but because playing a fun house mirror version of himself (or, rather, his public persona)... cleverly subverting his own unique charisma.<BR/><BR/>I still think his performance in Jerry Maguire is his best, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-58346242358139598132007-06-27T08:39:00.000-04:002007-06-27T08:39:00.000-04:00I mean her perf in Magnolia...I mean her perf in Magnolia...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-87418904052688052592007-06-27T08:38:00.000-04:002007-06-27T08:38:00.000-04:00I would put Julianne's performace just behind her ...I would put Julianne's performace just behind her work for Haynes is terms of greatness. Not a likeable person, but her growing realization of that very fact about herself is very moving.<BR/><BR/>Plus, the scene in the pharmacy belongs in the pantheon of all-time-best rants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-16014301088491009972007-06-27T07:37:00.000-04:002007-06-27T07:37:00.000-04:00my favorite JOHN C REILLY is definitely in Boogie ...my favorite JOHN C REILLY is definitely in Boogie Nights (boogie nights so dominates for me... i think greater than <I>magnolia</I> for sure) and, as is oft mentioned at TFE I don't really much like PSH's work. Certainly not in PTA's filmography where he's allowed to run wild for some reason. arghNATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-3734402363697133612007-06-27T06:58:00.000-04:002007-06-27T06:58:00.000-04:00I think Julianne's performance in Magnolia might j...I think Julianne's performance in Magnolia might just as well be the only major PTA performance that struck a false note with me. I do love her work in Boogie Nights, though.<BR/><BR/>Also, I agree with everyone who said John C. Reilly - he is like the ultimate anti-P.S. Hoffman. When the latter goes over-the-top with ego acting, Reilly is the egoless glue that holds everything together... and still manages to be wonderful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-68849314475256032452007-06-27T05:59:00.000-04:002007-06-27T05:59:00.000-04:00How could you leave off Adam Sandler AND ESPECIALL...How could you leave off Adam Sandler AND ESPECIALLY Emily Watson in Punch-Drunk Love!! She gave one of the most subtle performances I have ever seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-15939590081940884712007-06-27T03:18:00.000-04:002007-06-27T03:18:00.000-04:00I need to see Boogie Nights again. it's been a loo...I need to see <I>Boogie Nights</I> again. it's been a looong time. But I'm glad you threw in Philip Baker Hall. I'm always trying to trump up <I>Hard Eight</I> (it's my favourite PTA). Whereas I sort of really hate the parts of <I>Magnolia</I> I've seen - I was about an hour into it and decided I could be doing something better so I turned it off and went outside. I intend to watch it properly soon.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-38466860724178016172007-06-27T02:32:00.000-04:002007-06-27T02:32:00.000-04:00kurtis11, I'd argue the exact opposite about Cruis...kurtis11, I'd argue the exact opposite about Cruise. Perhaps this is the first time that he actually ever performed as himself. I imagine the real man to be much more Frank TJ Mackey than the person we see in normal interviews.Regina Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13758581296082868955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-39031790728330104712007-06-27T01:48:00.000-04:002007-06-27T01:48:00.000-04:00I would argue that Magnolia is the only film in wh...I would argue that <EM>Magnolia</EM> is the only film in which Tom DOES play "Tom Cruise."<BR/><BR/>And I think the greatest scene in PTA history is still the <EM>Boogie</EM> porn scene. <BR/><BR/>"Are you John?"<BR/><BR/>"I think that you have the job, but let me make sure of something...<BR/><BR/>This is a giant cock."<BR/><BR/>God. So brilliant. Though Julianne's Amber Waves is what actually started the f*cked up mother streak, so for that reason, I feel it's kind of tainted.adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-26408209566354903942007-06-27T01:26:00.000-04:002007-06-27T01:26:00.000-04:00I can't believe you omitted John C.Reily's wonderf...I can't believe you omitted John C.Reily's wonderful performance in Magnolia. It was Breathtaking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-35273199473957183362007-06-27T00:11:00.000-04:002007-06-27T00:11:00.000-04:00Tom Cruise's performance in "Magnolia" is his best...Tom Cruise's performance in "Magnolia" is his best work to date, probably because it's arguably the only film in which he doesn't play "Tom Cruise." I always tell people that "Boogie Nights" is, in many ways, an epic film - a saga; and then they look at me like my head's on backwards. But wouldn't you agree?Kurtis Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946031309738374597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-37503093231871502272007-06-26T23:44:00.000-04:002007-06-26T23:44:00.000-04:00Magnolia was the first Julianne Moore performance ...Magnolia was the first Julianne Moore performance I saw. She made such an impression I had to see everything else. So it has a special <BR/><BR/>I am continually amazed, though, at how layered her Boogie Nights performance is. Every time, I find something new. I think the third time I watched it was the first time I noticed her reaction as Dirk jumps in the pool. Something about it clicked and now it's probably my favorite moment in the movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-38077540601842152592007-06-26T23:41:00.000-04:002007-06-26T23:41:00.000-04:00I would have put Adam Sandler ... and perhaps a co...I would have put Adam Sandler ... and perhaps a couple of the other Punchdrunk Love performers, ahead of Moore's MAGNOLIA performance. Perhaps I'm having difficulty separating an annoying character from an off-kilter performance, but Moore's Linda Partridge always felt like the latter to me, even when I was trying hard to like it.<BR/><BR/>But agreed - he gets some very fine performances. Perhaps 'fine performances in films involving David Mamet' should be another list for you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-27648112804396988492007-06-26T23:10:00.000-04:002007-06-26T23:10:00.000-04:00This is sad to say, I guess, but I've always been ...This is sad to say, I guess, but I've always been a little so so and PTA. I need to see Boogie Nights before really formulating an opinion, but I wasn't a huge fan of Punch Drunk Love or Magnolia (a movie I really do think needed some editing). That being said, he always gets the goods out of his actors. I mean, he made Heather Graham good, and THAT is not easy. Plus, Tom Cruise did not annoy me one bit in 'Magnolia'...in fact, he was quite good (along with Grace, by the way-thank you for mentioning her)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-81342904642823423212007-06-26T22:17:00.000-04:002007-06-26T22:17:00.000-04:00No Philip Seymour Hoffman?? No John C. Reilly?? An...No Philip Seymour Hoffman?? No John C. Reilly?? And worst of all... No Adam Sandler as Barry Egan???!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com