I’m very sorry that Shelley Duvall has left us at age 75.
Duvall’s performances were always fascinating, always unique, always space-casey, always something else.
But her peak period boiled down to just three films — 3 Women (’77), The Shining (’80) and Popeye (ditto). Which meant that the impetus behind her career peak boiled down to her partnerships with two brilliant fellows — Robert Altman (Thieves Like Us, Nashville, 3 Women, Popeye) and Stanley Kubrick (The Shining).
I think her Shining baseball bat scene with Jack Nicholson was her best.
