tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post2954846348738117678..comments2023-12-06T09:39:43.731-05:00Comments on StinkyLulu: Beatrice Straight in Network (1976) - Supporting Actress SundaysStinkyLuluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11765533714740641857noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-85635826595190590872017-03-04T14:36:13.607-05:002017-03-04T14:36:13.607-05:00Wonderful article on this fine actress and her Osc...Wonderful article on this fine actress and her Oscar performance. Much as I love " Network" and much as I love Beatrice Straight in it, I have ALWAYS thought that Marlene Wakefield as the black revolutionary Lorraine Hobbs was at least Straight's equal, if not even better. Too bad Wakefield wasn't Oscar nominated alongside Straight. She deserved to be, I think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121143669094340335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-86727061396163034002015-09-09T05:36:48.203-04:002015-09-09T05:36:48.203-04:00Count me as pro-Holden as well.
This is my second...Count me as pro-Holden as well.<br /><br />This is my second-favorite film of all time, and I consider the marital confrontation scene a masterpiece of dramatic writing and acting. However, I still think it should have been cut from the movie. It just doesn't fit tonally with the satirical edge of the rest of the picture.SlackerInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275358994906136088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-59436610817835711282008-10-15T00:32:00.000-04:002008-10-15T00:32:00.000-04:00i remember seeing this when i was 10 yrs old when ...i remember seeing this when i was 10 yrs old when it first came out in 1976...beatrice straight made an impression indeed...i remember thinking at the time that she would be nominated 4 and/or win the oscar 4 this...it was a brief eruption of brilliance...a flashing comet of a performance...GOD... i sound like peter finch as howard beale or george sanders in all about eve now, don't i? LOL...RICHIE-RICHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940208146093680439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-14969135739952021122008-10-13T21:30:00.000-04:002008-10-13T21:30:00.000-04:00I'm in the Holden camp, too. In a sententious, shr...I'm in the Holden camp, too. In a sententious, shrill, and often misbegotten film (I love it anyway), he gives one of the most compelling straight performances of the last 30 years. Ordinarily this part would be a wheeze, in part because, as the film's conscience, he has to impart Chayevsky's brand of wheezy wisdom at key moments; but he carries three decades' worth of performances as Max Alfred Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10465449057630241820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-17013518759188583512008-10-07T09:28:00.000-04:002008-10-07T09:28:00.000-04:00Put me on the Holden "Thumbs Up" bandwagon- I thin...Put me on the Holden "Thumbs Up" bandwagon- I think he had an instinctive gift for screen acting, and <I>Network</I> capped a rich career. He imbues his role as Max with a "lived-in" quality, just as Straight does with her character. In his big scenes with Dunaway and Straight, Holden keeps it real by not "matching" his costars' theatrics- the ladies he's playing opposite are obviously having Vertigo's Psychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701774152300870403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-81813159096116902302008-10-07T07:25:00.000-04:002008-10-07T07:25:00.000-04:00Beatrice Straight's win is one of the most comment...Beatrice Straight's win is one of the most commented upon largely because it's the shortest winning performance in Oscar history. So, it always comes up whenever there's a reason to talk about how short it too short for a nomination.<BR/><BR/>And please remember that calling a performance a "coaster" is not meant to impugn the quality of the performance at all but only to note that this StinkyLuluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765533714740641857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-84705760519217204272008-10-07T01:33:00.000-04:002008-10-07T01:33:00.000-04:00I've only seen this movie once and many moons ago,...I've only seen this movie once and many moons ago, but your comments about this being a "coaster" nom are interesting. Perhaps it's hard for me to think of Beatrice Straight as a coaster only because her win is such a notable one (her name was especially brought up during the year of Judi Dench's win). Ned Beatty's nomination was certainly a coaster, and I remember a quote from him in an Oscar jakeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687321925107280139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-6642839030475994862008-10-06T14:34:00.000-04:002008-10-06T14:34:00.000-04:00William Holden stunk up the screen in this. It's a...William Holden stunk up the screen in this. It's a wonder that Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight were able to ACT, much less act WELL, opposite such a plank. His beginning-of-film banter with Finch had me cringing.<BR/><BR/>I thought Marlene Warfield and Ned Beatty were great too. Peter Finch was okay in his "madman" scenes, but I just didn't buy it completely. Witness how closely Lou Dobbs is Slaytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788927670985682471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-71196619611791414242008-10-06T11:54:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:54:00.000-04:00Thanks, JJ.Perhaps you can help me on the "Anna Ka...Thanks, JJ.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you can help me on the "Anna Karenya" thing? Is that a mispronunciation? Or a deliberat character detail suggesting Max's esoteric literacy?<BR/><BR/>Also, who's the bald guy in the photo under the television in Max's house as well as on the wall of his office?StinkyLuluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765533714740641857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-39849709047504549752008-10-06T11:49:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:49:00.000-04:00It's my favorite movie too, and my favorite Willia...It's my favorite movie too, and my favorite William Holden performance. I think he's better than Peter Finch. Look at his eyes in the breakup scene. They are black. They see death. And it's not just Max Schumacher seeing it.<BR/><BR/>But glad to read your analysis of Straight. Perhaps her greatest achievement is making Chayefsky's florid language seem of-the-moment rather than carefully rehearsedJ.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07815005929352267468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-57635834098846986512008-10-06T00:04:00.000-04:002008-10-06T00:04:00.000-04:00Andres, I spent the entirety of last week just dow...Andres, I spent the entirety of last week just downloading all of the clips you uploaded on your youtube channel. :)The Jaded Armchair Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511211427198395696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-66276782413427635962008-10-05T18:07:00.000-04:002008-10-05T18:07:00.000-04:00Wow, Andres. Amazing.Please keep me posted as you...Wow, Andres. Amazing.<BR/>Please keep me posted as you add content...StinkyLuluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765533714740641857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-57683046220682253922008-10-05T17:49:00.000-04:002008-10-05T17:49:00.000-04:00I think this performance is brilliant. A mastercla...I think this performance is brilliant. A masterclass in acting.<BR/><BR/>I just want to tell you that this performance and YOUR blog, inspired me to create this youtube channel...<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/user/SuppActress<BR/> <BR/>It's my channel dedicated to the performances of the Supporting Actresses winners. You are invited to visit it...<BR/><BR/>I can't wait for the smackdown...simonsimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024993387510326736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-48492698300091601232008-10-05T15:53:00.000-04:002008-10-05T15:53:00.000-04:00I don't know that I think Holden's bad in the film...I don't know that I think Holden's bad in the film as a whole. It's just that he's really inconsistent, and that inconsistency is most evident in the big Louise scene.<BR/><BR/>I was surprised, too, by my reaction to Holden on this pass through this brilliant film. And I do feel he is the weak link for one main reason: he's brilliant in his scenes with men, but absolutely obtuse in his scenes StinkyLuluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765533714740641857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-16412709885214133662008-10-05T15:46:00.000-04:002008-10-05T15:46:00.000-04:00Okay, I just have to take issue with the idea that...Okay, I just <I>have</I> to take issue with the idea that William Holden is bad in this movie. As you probably know, this is my favorite movie, and I have seen it countless times. I absolutely LOVE Holden in this film. He's craggy and middle-aged and perhaps not very expressive, but it all seems so real to me. I think he's wonderful.<BR/><BR/>I really like Straight in her scenes as well, but I Aaron C. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696459385623802961noreply@blogger.com