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In The Cool of the Day
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That Cold Day in the Park
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Thumb Trippin'
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At Long Last Love
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In an 11.12 L.A. Times piece, John Horn speaks with I've Loved You So Long star Kristin Scott Thomas and observes that "if the audience detects that Scott Thomas doesn't fully believe in the character, the whole thing could unravel in a maudlin mess." And KST says, "I was terrified of that. If there was one thing that I am terrified of, it's sentimentality.

"And I really didn't want people to see an actress forgiving a character, saying, 'I am going to show you this person but I am actually really nice.' I wanted it to be raw." Which is one reason, perhaps the reason, why her performance, for me, is the stuff of legend.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 12, 2008 at 8:29 AM

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p.Vice says ...

The missing reels of The Magnificent Ambersons are "stuff of legend". A movie that's been out for about a month, not so much.

Posted by p.Vice at November 12, 2008 8:44 AM

comment #2

rr3333 says ...

I'll mention this again:

LOU LUMENICK OF THE NY POST : YOU SUCK!

He gave away the reason she was in jail at the beginning of his review when every reviewer thruout the US would not reveal the secret or even hint at it.

Posted by rr3333 at November 12, 2008 9:30 AM

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arturobandini2 says ...

A month after seeing this, I'm still haunted by KST's performance. I never used to like her -- she was soooo convincing as a vain bitch way back in A Handful of Dust that I assumed she was typecast. Stupid me. Between I've Loved You So Long and Tell No One, no actor has impressed me more this year. And without makeup, she is more beautiful than ever -- in the museum scenes, she's absolutely radiant.

How lucky Broadway and the French film industry are to have her. And how monumentally stoopid Hollywood is to only offer her roles supporting Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. Just think how great American cinema could still be if it were based around talent, not box-office. Instead, our movies are as worthless as our cars.

Posted by arturobandini2 at November 12, 2008 10:56 AM

comment #4

AndrewOwens says ...

Not a movie, p.Vince, a performance.

Posted by AndrewOwens at November 12, 2008 3:24 PM

comment #5

yopla says ...

you know, I was under the impression, when i heard your interview with her, that you have a little crush on Kristin Scott Thomas....but it's more like a massive crush you have here Mr Welles. LOL

(sorry for my english, i'm french)

Posted by yopla at November 12, 2008 9:59 PM

comment #6

calraigh says ...

I agree, she gives an incomparable performance. If she doesn't win an Oscar for it there is definitively no validity in the Oscar's existence anymore. That was also true 20 years ago but this performance is a benchmark and should be lauded as such with as many bloody awards as are available. This is one actor I'll never tire of seeing.

Posted by calraigh at November 13, 2008 2:33 AM

comment #7

guylodge says ...

Film (and performance) of the year so far, in my opinion.

Though I was as impressed by Elsa Zylberstein's work in the film, and she's not getting enough attention. It's the way the two women play off each other -- with Lea trying so eagerly to fill Juliette's silences -- that made it so moving for me.

Posted by guylodge at November 13, 2008 4:43 AM