tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220619931829759492.post537360515553941173..comments2024-02-28T08:22:34.679+00:00Comments on The Mixed-Up Files of...: Princess Fire and MusicCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258493877737555910noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220619931829759492.post-52823380314066056672007-07-08T20:31:00.000+01:002007-07-08T20:31:00.000+01:00This is fantastic! I really enjoyed your analysis...This is fantastic! I really enjoyed your analysis. After Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis is one of my favorite actresses. I love her in this movie, but "The Little Foxes" has always been my personal favorite Bette Davis film.Joanna Arcierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01907927126375112868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220619931829759492.post-3153745881425472172007-07-07T22:29:00.000+01:002007-07-07T22:29:00.000+01:00Amazing post. I considered writing about this perf...Amazing post. I considered writing about this performance, but I'm glad I didn't, because whatever I could have written would inevitably have paled next to this. <BR/><BR/>Margo Channing is one of the few really uncompromising, strong and complicated women cinema has offered us, and she couldn't have been this memorable with any other actress in the part.Hedwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910606263248113264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220619931829759492.post-6722141507196954352007-07-07T21:26:00.000+01:002007-07-07T21:26:00.000+01:00Brilliant analysis!I'm with you there when you won...Brilliant analysis!<BR/>I'm with you there when you wonder what "life changing" is all about.<BR/>When I began to dig deeper into classic films, "Eve" was also one of the first I truly adored. The kind of film that is altogether empowering, bruising and shamelessly entertaining. They truly, and sadly, don't make them like this anymore...Notas Sobre Creación Cultural e Imaginarios Socialeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423835555933819338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220619931829759492.post-22397158707250916712007-07-07T20:36:00.000+01:002007-07-07T20:36:00.000+01:00Superb. I would not have thought I could read anot...Superb. I would not have thought I could read another article about this much-dissected film, but I ate this one up with a spoon. Love it, love it. I do think Tallulah might have made a good Margo--some say she inspired the script, though Mankiewicz and Davis always vigorously denied it. But no one could want anyone but Davis in the part, and indeed I have never bothered with the musical version for that reason. Colbert broke her back and was rueful about losing the part to the end of her days, but I think she was far too genteel for Margo. Davis gives such bite to even the tiniest lines: "Enchantée to you, TOO." <BR/><BR/>If you notice, she pretty much disappears for the final fourth of the movie, whereupon it is carried largely by George Sanders, the other towering presence of the movie (and one who did win the Oscar). He was one of the first actors I ever <A HREF="http://selfstyledsiren.blogspot.com/2005/07/george-sanders.html" REL="nofollow">blogged about.</A> If you get a chance, take a look!<BR/><BR/>One last note (a good post always makes me blather on a bit!)--if you are another Thelma fan, have you seen Pickup on South Street? Her best role, I think.The Sirenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587505433284584391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220619931829759492.post-33185844905794956582007-07-07T16:45:00.000+01:002007-07-07T16:45:00.000+01:00Thanks, both of you! I really enjoyed putting this...Thanks, both of you! I really enjoyed putting this together and I was quite proud of it. Emma, I thank you for being a fabulous host of my very first Bologathon participation.<BR/><BR/>Nate, I think you may have misunderstood my feelings towards Baby Jane. I love it! I even own the dvd (with hiarious special features!) . I agree with you how Davis layers her parts so stupenduously, some people could write her off as being overly melodramatic but I really disagree. <BR/><BR/>Yup, yup.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09258493877737555910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220619931829759492.post-21837601665703441992007-07-07T15:46:00.000+01:002007-07-07T15:46:00.000+01:00great article. this performance is truly towering....great article. this performance is truly towering. but i think you should watch <I>baby jane</I> again... it's really incredible how much Davis gives to both parts. they're so layered that multiple viewings still yield new treasures.<BR/><BR/>(i used them to bookend <A HREF="http://filmexperience.blogspot.com/2007/03/shes-b-reborn.html" REL="nofollow">my video collage</A> of movie bitches because they're so sublime)<BR/><BR/>a stupendous actress that one! and you've really terrifically illustrated this performanceNATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220619931829759492.post-12544098403905294292007-07-06T18:17:00.000+01:002007-07-06T18:17:00.000+01:00I am so so so impressed! This is a post of Goddess...I am so so so impressed! This is a post of Goddessly proportions. <I>This</I> is why we watch movies - because they make our lives better.<BR/><BR/>As for the using to be "hmm" about Black & white movies, I'm with ya there. In fact, the performance I shall mention tomorrow changed all that.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for participating!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809699267788752653noreply@blogger.com