Genevieve Bujold

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 12:42pm

Our Phyl's lovely avatar reminded me: Whatever happened to her?

Wasn't she awesome in COMA? She totally made that movie and had the interesting distinction of being the only convincing female character in a Michael Critchton joint.

But it was her performance as a sexually repressed, possibly schizophrenic radio talk-show host in CHOOSE ME that made me love her. It's such a great movie you gotta see it. Totally unique.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 12:45pm

I just watched her production of Antigone the other night. She was tremendous. I think she makes a lot of (French) Canadian movies these days.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 12:48pm

She was wonderul in ANTIGONE!

Come to Broadway, Genevieve! We'd love to have ya!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 12:53pm

As I told Phyl, I first fell in love with her in "Anne of the Thousand Cleves."

Also loved her in that bizarre "Trojan Women," with Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Pappas, and, oddly, Katharine Hepburn.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 12:55pm

That's on my Netflix queue!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 12:58pm

It's really kind of wonderful. I'm not sure why I said "bizarre," except possibly the fact that it exists at all.

But I think Genevieve has a false nose. So be warned.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 12:59pm

I love "Anne of the Thousand Days".

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:01pm

But I think Genevieve has a false nose. So be warned.

Seriously? That's hilarious, because I thought she looked weird on the dvd cover art but just assumed it was a quirk of whomever had drawn it!

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:06pm

Once again, if you haven't seen CHOOSE ME, it's really somethin'. Lesley Ann Warren is also in it and it may be her best performance, too. Woozy, romantic, and bizarre...plus it has a Teddy Pendergrass soundtrack! Do NOT MISS!

CHOOSE ME on Netflix

Updated On: 6/9/10 at 01:06 PM

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:06pm

Honestly, I seem to recall a more "classical" nose. I might be confusing it with something else.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:09pm

Reg, I just found a clip of the movie on YouTube and her nose looks normal, so it must be something else you are thinking of.

BBoy, I have put Choose Me on my netflix queue!
Hec and Cassie

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:11pm

Dude, that's not Genevieve's adorable little pug nose. That's rubber.



Updated On: 6/9/10 at 01:11 PM

[wonkit]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:12pm

She is amazing in An Act of the Heart, if you can still find it. One rainy Saturday afternoon decades ago, I walked into the Thalia and sat alone and watched it. By the end, I felt like I had been living through her for 2 hours. But warning - it is a difficult, tragic story.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:12pm

I remember it--TROJAN WOMEN--being very, very sixties. And I forgot that total hot bear daddy Brian Blessed was in it.

Updated On: 6/9/10 at 01:12 PM

[Marquise]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:13pm

Who could ever forget her Academy Award caliber performance in EARTHQUAKE?

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:14pm

Love Brian Blessed.

From Pauline Kael's review: "A false nose give Genevieve Bujold's mad seeress Cassandra a classical look, and the actress plays with a bursting conviction."

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:19pm

Reg, you are of course right (even before I saw the Kael confirmation). I only briefly skimmed the clip the first time.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:22pm

It is very 60s and takes itself very seriously.

But you're going to see four great actresses just goin' at it. You'll have a good time.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:23pm

Irene Pappas was Katherine of Aragon in "Anne of the Thousand Days," wasn't she? She's Helen of Troy in this. I don't really know her work beyond these two films.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:24pm

I will watch it this weekend.

Also, Borstal should be happy to know I moved Choose Me to the top of my queue, meaning that I'll have to wait a little longer for The Facts of Life Season 4, Disc 3. It better be worth it!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:27pm

Let's not forget "House of Yes," as we're assembling the Genevieve film festival.

That was my first experience of Parker Posey.

[tazber]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:29pm

These are my favorite kinds of threads! I love all the suggestions to see movies that I have not heard of before!

I added Trojan Women to my que! I can't believe that cast!

And borstal, you always have the craziest cult 70s recommendations of anyone. Love it!

[tazber]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:30pm

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:30pm

I forgot she was in the House of Yes!

[tazber]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:31pm

Love House Of Yes!