WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE (1990)

I found this on Youtube tonight and had totally forgotten about this. I remember seeing it originally in 1990 when I was 12 and I loved how weird and bizarre it was.

I know people hate it because it's not the original, but I still think it holds up as a pretty decent Made-For-TV remake, with some great performances.


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Is this the Redgrave Sisters version?

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The problem with the Redgrave version is that Lynne didn't understand the role. She played it like a white trailer trash woman. When you look at Bette Davis, you think "That woman is batsh*t crazy. And potentially dangerous." You look at Lynne Redgrave and think "Did Walmart give her the day off?"

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What's startling about the original, vs. the remake, is how old Davis and Crawford look for their ages. Davis was 53-54 when she made the film, but easily looks 68-70. Ditto Crawford. Was it the different times? Well, yeah. Still, crica when I turned 53, I looked at the clip of Davis looking in the mirror and thought, "It's over." The Redgraves have a different energy, and it's much younger, interestingly enough. But it's not really very good, and I find myself wondering why the hell they did it.

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