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Alice
Is Mia Farrow the greatest actress of all time.
Or would that be Diane Keaton.
I wouldn't know about that.
Which period saw the best of him, Woody-Farrow or Woody-Keaton, now that in itself is a daunting question. Considering they are both like apples and oranges to me.
I was watching the "making of" documentary of "Rosemary's baby". She looked pale, miserable and weak, much like the character. Polanski aptly cast Farrow, she was recovering from her own traumas after failed marriage to Sinatara. She also talks about that famous trip to India with her sister, which coincided with Beatles trip, to meet Maharishi. In the docu, She does some weird looks, painting on set, dancing on a trance, and seemed like a hippie on weeds. :lol:
Seemed more of philistine. Makes me wonder about the meeting, and ensuing relationship with Woody Allen. The transformation to highbrow universe of Woody Allen.
Btw, the straightforward dramas, "September" and "Another woman"(along with "Interiors" forms a trinity of ode to Bergman, rather blatantly) are eminently recommended. Farrow is great.
In Alice
>she consciously comes on strongly to a stranger
>is miserably misunderstood evn by her closest
>does not know what she is talking about several times and is an intellectual embarassment to her husband (shades of Annie Hall !)
> she gets in touch with 'what she thinks' are her failings and reaches out to a distanced sister. But she is doing that so there can be one person she can talk to (brag to ?)
> she is stumped by the 'categorizations' of her TV producer acquaintance. Who is she ? Actually 'who' is headed ? 'Who' in others' categorizations is she headed. Brilliant last scene in the movie where her visuals are shown with gossip-voiceovers.
> she shows her 'real' self to the stranger in the circus and appears to be battling shyness. But she is expressionly shrewd and probing in asking him the questions
> Her sister who was 'once close' perhaps knows little about her. She may have been surprised by Alec Baldwin too !
> She is not naive in a simpletonish sense. She is aware of others' awareness of her naivete. But she goes about it her own way. Not in a "the naive are people too" chest thumping manner.
> Was she not aware of her starry eyedness till her mother came around her told her ? No I don't think so. She just saw the world the way she wanted to see it (Abbas Tyrewala IMO dropped the ball in this wonderful idea when writing Meghna in JTYJN)
> The opium smoking scene
> The backgammon night cancellation/rendesvouz - the infectious tension in her demeanour
> Taking it out on her 'boyfriend'
> Her husband's affair does not devastate her, it liberates her (Synecdoche couples therapy scene + Adaptation 'plants have no memory' dialogue).
It is a very subtle, demanding role and she seemed to pull it off with ease.
I have seen more variety with Keaton but will push the Keaton comparison to another day. :lol2:
She does reveal a lot explicitly, "don't try to psychoanalyze me".
Neither :twisted: They are good in WA's film. Keaton was the weakest link for me in the Godfather films, which thankfully made up by others. Woody wrote most of the script with them in mind, their strength and stuff. Other than Woody and a few films here and there, I can't see where these two excelled.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Suddenly I am reminded of Sondra Locke....Talaivaaa yen talaivaaa yeen :evil: :(
What a Way To Go (1964).
Ashamed to say, being a Paul Newman fan, I didn't know this film exist. But for a reason, coz Paul's is just an episode in this star filled vehicle for the superb Shirley MacLaine (who, in my book, could be the greatest actress of all time). Very entertaining, goofy, at times surreal film directed by the great J. Lee Thompson.
Few scenes of the Freshman in cable
Brando :rotfl2: