The Silver Screen Oasis

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 11:09 am Swithin, I've only seen Miranda in DANCE WITH A STRANGER but it has whetted my appetite for more of her performances. Thanks!

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 10:57 am




Nothing quite like a British psycho.

I'm glad I can feel some sympathy for schlumpy, whiny Shelley Winters in A PLACE IN THE SUN. George was such a stinker.

Yeah, I think I'll also see if CRY WOLF is on YouTube. I always like to watch Errol Flynn stretching his acting muscles.

Andree wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 4:43 pm

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 10:57 am




Nothing quite like a British psycho.

I'm glad I can feel some sympathy for schlumpy, whiny Shelley Winters in A PLACE IN THE SUN. George was such a stinker.

Yeah, I think I'll also see if CRY WOLF is on YouTube. I always like to watch Errol Flynn stretching his acting muscles.

Not to generalize too much, but they do seem to be less emotional and gory than their American counterparts, though the most
famous British psycho of all, Jack the Ripper, left a number of bloody messes behind in an un-British way. I always enjoy that scene
where George and Alice are about to explore one another's erotic potentialities when the camera shifts to the open window with the
rain outside and the soft glow of the radio. The movie leaves quite a lot of the novel out and George is more sympathetic to me in the
novel, as we get a fuller picture of his life before he shows up as his uncle's. But still he is kind of a minor league hustler, until he becomes
desperate.

Cry Wolf is available on YT, but only if one wants to buy or rent it. I'm not in that much of a hurry to see it.

laffite wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 2:36 pm

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 11:09 am Swithin, I've only seen Miranda in DANCE WITH A STRANGER but it has whetted my appetite for more of her performances. Thanks!

I am not Swithin, but ... If I may.

She is splendid in Enchanted April (1991) and in Tom and Viv (1994). Both of these films have great casts. The Tom of the film is T.S. Eliot, played splendidly by Willem Dafoe. Miranda, his wife, as his oh so difficult wife.

The BBC (I think) released a DVD entitled SHADES OF DARKNESS,Six Mysterious Tales of the Paranormal. Miranda appears in one of them, "The Demon Lover," based on a short story by Elizabeth Bowen. She has an iddy-biddy role, and she is a babe. Very early in her career and possibly not credited. In two short scenes, she is snippy sarcastic while speaking to her younger brother; lying on her side with head propped up by her arm, speaking daggers. She is sexy beyond belief. Not exploited though, she is simply an older sister.

I am appalled after having perused her extended filmography how much I have not seen. I have too, too many years on my back to get to them all. Pity.

I recommend this DVD. The story mentioned above is on YouTube. If i recall the video makes you believe that it's much longer that it is. Some defect. It runs less than an hour. I read Bowen's short story out of curiosity and it is as threadbare as can be. They padded it for TV but it is SO splendid. Pray heed.

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 7:16 pm Too bad about CRY WOLF. I have no intention either of buying or renting.

Deke Thornton wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 8:21 pm New here, just add my thoughts.....


Miranda is excellent in everything
Kate gets the edge over Barbara
Haven't seen even one, let alone 2 Mrs Carrolls

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 10:19 pm Interesting, Swithin! Kate was a classically trained actress and so could tackle and be brilliant in material like SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT and THE LION IN WINTER. She's very modern in that way. Bette as well but in a different sort of, oh I don't know, idiosyncratic way. Difficult to compare/contrast these two, and then throw Missy into the mix, lol.