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Meryl Streep
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#50re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/1/05 at 8:30pm
Streep has the BEST TECHNIQUE ever devised by an Actress! Her homework is sensational...her prep work divine....and every inch of it shows up on screen..
that's not a compliment!
Mangani had no technique - no prep work - no homework - Just HEART! Just INSTINCT! Just LOVE!
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#51re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/1/05 at 8:32pmWell I couldn't agree with you more. Just take a look at my comments on page one when this thread first began.
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#52re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/1/05 at 8:33pmThen I suggest you go find some Anna Magnani Films!..and BRAVO!!
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#53re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:02pmI've seen some Anna Magnani films. THE ROSE TATOO comes to mind. But I know I've seen at least one other. She's wonderful. My favorite actress is Anne Bancroft.
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#54re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:07pm
Ah HA and ITALIANO lover!!
See if you can get Mamma Roma - and Bellisisma! which is great
and 84 charing cross road is my favorite sick day movie while Turning Point (played 800 times on HBO in 197
made me a lifelong fan of ballet and that great actress!
#55re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:20pmi mostly love her. when she is great she is SOOOOO GREAT. i can never say any one person is the greatest.
#56re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:24pmGillyflowers maybe, stead of daisies.....
#57re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:33pm
She's my favorite actress in the world and my muse! I started a facebook group for her called Meryl Streep Rules!
I'm the only members, so please join!
#59re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:17am
Can't wait!
Love her in everything.
"The Hours", "Angels In America"..."Death Becomes Her", "Postcards From The Edge".."Sophie's Choice"...... the way she says 'Garcia' in "She Devil".
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#60re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:38am
I don't get you folks who find her too studied and see her acting. Perhaps what you're seeing is someone taking chances with emotion and character, and because you are used to seeing boring American actors play themselves constantly, you get confused when you see a transformation.
In addition, while Meryl was ah-may-zing in the Hours, her part was very easy. Nicole's part was easily the most difficult in the flick, and (nose aside) she transformed effortlessly and unrecognizably. I saw the movie before I knew the cast at all, and didn't know it was her for more than half the movie. Truly amazing work.
As far as the best film performances of all time...I'm gonna have to go with my Cate Blanchett (who is truly the world's best actor).
#61re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/2/05 at 11:50amI agree, touchmeinthemorning. Cate Blanchett is the new Meryl Streep: just pure magic.
#62re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:41pm
In addition, while Meryl was ah-may-zing in the Hours, her part was very easy.
Not necessarily. There were many layers that had to be revealed in order for her relationship with Richard to work. She brought out the past of her character beautifully.
pattifan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#63re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/2/05 at 2:08pmLove everything she's done. She was terrific in 'Plenty' - her "October nights..." segment was magnificent. A friend of mine really doesn't like her acting - that she is far too mannered. I totally disagree - and the absolute proof is THAT 'Sophie's Choice' moment which haunts you forever.
#64re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/4/05 at 11:15amSunday kisses for Meryl.
#65re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/4/05 at 11:35am
Oh no...I agree with voiceanth...oy..
I agree--I think she has given some very good performances--Manhattan, Silkwood, Cry in the Dark, Adaptation and The Hours, I find the FILMS she's in are usually dreadful. Music of the Heart is absolutely unwatchable.
Oscar Wins:
As for her nominations, yes, they are some measure of ability. But by that rationale, someone who never received an Oscar would be a poorer actor, director, etc...hardly the case when one considers Hitchcock, Kubrick, Fellini, Scorcese, Welles...god I could be here all day...never won Oscars as Best Director.
I find Judy Davis, Frances McDormand, and Joan Allen to be much more interesting to watch.
I once read a critic describe Meryl's style as "bloodlessly perfect imitations of human beings" not always the case in my opinion, but pretty accurate nonetheless...I just can't get on the "Meryl is God" bus...
#66re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/4/05 at 11:36am
Bite your tongue.
It's a limo, not a bus!
#67re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/4/05 at 11:38amI can't believe people on this board have never heard of Anna Magnani...it's not like she's Thelma Todd or someone...
#68re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/4/05 at 11:43amLOL!
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#69re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/4/05 at 10:12pmThelma TODD - now THAT was an Actress - they didn't call her hot toddy for nothing...
#70re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/4/05 at 11:10pmDo ya think Loni Anderson did a good job of capturing Toddy's hotness?
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#72re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:52amLOL!
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#73re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:06amIs Loni Anderson still acting? She should be in a show with Jessica Simpson playing her daughter and Phyllis Diller playing her mother. That's something I'd watch.
#74re: Meryl Streep
Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:17amCould they live in Blaine?
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