Cate Blanchett!

[brianluce]

Okay maybe I didn't but on a related note there's a great article on her in this week's "New Yorker". I think she's the best there is, just an opinion, and this article confirms my beliefs she's on another level. Here's an excerpt where she comments on a role for Soderbergh:

I'm going to be completely, utterly ambiguous (in her performance). Ambiguity is not absence. It's a wildly contradicting series of actions, emotions, and intentions. There was a line when Lina (Her character) said. 'No one is all good or all bad'. And I thought that she was refering to herself. So I let a tiny bit of self hatred come through. (Soderbergh got his shot on the first take.)

 

[J.R. Hudson]

I must concur

She is is a premiere actress of this current generation

I watch her in the The Aviator and it's mesmerizing

 

[Weston]

I just watched The Life Aquatic for the first time and I was impressed.

 

[jpbankesmercer]

Please post this kind of thing in the Cafe not the directing section, anyway you will get more responses with a tag like that!
Cheers.
J.P.

 

[KOVAROVA]

she is the real deal and very attractive.

 

[Ming]

Absolutely spectacular in every way, I agree

 

[Paul Coleman]

Absolutely spectacular in every way, I agree

Agreed -- she's magic.

 

[brianluce]

Agreed -- she's magic.

After reading the New Yorker article, "Magic" is a good adjective to describe what she does. You could never bottle or probably even teach her level of craftwork. It's vodoo man. Pure vodoo.

 

[David Jimerson]

I must concur

She is is a premiere actress of this current generation

I watch her in the The Aviator and it's mesmerizing

I do think she's an exceptional actress with great range, one of the current best.

But I've seen better Hepburn impressions.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

But I've seen better Hepburn impressions.

By who ? Hepburn herself ? :huh:

 

[rsbush]

I do think she's an exceptional actress with great range, one of the current best.

But I've seen better Hepburn impressions.

Gotta agree on both points.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

You both agree on seeing better Hep impressions; but by whom ?

 

[brianluce]

Gotta agree on both points.

Aha, but it wasn't an impression, it was an interpretation. Not the same thing at all.

 

[Cynic821]

She looks older than her age :/

 

[TC]

Aha, but it wasn't an impression, it was an interpretation. Not the same thing at all.

Agreed.

 

[KOVAROVA]

 

[David Jimerson]

Aha, but it wasn't an impression, it was an interpretation. Not the same thing at all.

I guess it depends on what you're after.

 

[Paul Coleman]

You could never bottle or probably even teach her level of craftwork. It's vodoo man. Pure vodoo.

Amen:beer:

 

[J.R. Hudson]

I didn't catch that

Voodoo ...

Yeah.

 

[rsbush]

Aha, but it wasn't an impression, it was an interpretation. Not the same thing at all.

Interpretation or impression, whatever, i'm sure you get the gist of our point. I simply didn't find it to be a fully realized performance. But I still think she is a stellar actor.