Notice To Readers: The Torture Will Continue Until I Am Employed!

[fj]

What always bothered me about "Mommie Dearest" was just how bad the movie was at portraying its subject, completely undermining its credibility. Joan Crawford was terrible actress, but she knew what the fuck she was doing in front of a camera, and she wasn't nearly as decrepit in the early years as the movie tries to make us think.

So of course, I fired up bit torrent to finally make my point. I have a Mac after all, this shit is easy now, and actually was loads and loads and loads of fun to do, snipping here, titling there... my first YouTube video is the Old School Gayest thing ever done, even more than the PHKL considering 10 year old gorls won't like this:

I am really crossing off the items off my To Do list on Hiveminder: TST.com, this, financial stuff, portfolio, getting a proper chair (only 4 more weeks, yay!). At the bottom, still, that entry: Get Job. It stares at me.

Comments

[nooks.livejournal.com]

Woodenness abounds in both scenes. A second look shows that Crawford kind of scrunches her face like Faye does, just for a moment.

Crawford's little bit about "you and your sister could have a place to sleep" is almost completely affectless and rushed, whereas Faye actually does a pretty good job of acting as though she's someone who's really rehearsing a scene.

I wouldn't give either of them an Oscar and I'm frequently appalled at who they're handed out to.

[fj.livejournal.com]

Oh, the amazing thing about "Mildred Pierce" is that the whole movie looks like something Martians would have put on after having sent a an anthropologist down here and gotten the script back. You should see the divorce scene. The first time I saw it, through the whole thing I was like what? What? How repressed is everyone in LA?