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anyone else absolutely adore this woman?

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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I've seen her in a quite few films recently, and I think she's been absolutely brilliant in every one.

Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown, Mommie Dearest (yes, I like this one), you name it. Hell, even in Supergirl, she was fun to watch. And she was hotter than the flames themselves in The Towering Inferno.

I think she's one of the most underrated actresses of all-time. Had if she didn't ruin her career with her notorious bitchiness, she'd probably be in the same class as people like Meryl Streep and Isabelle Huppert today.

As embarassing as the #EnvelopeGate incident was, it was still nice to see her again be the talk of the town for once. Even if it was for just 15 minutes. It was also the only thing most millenials will grow to know Warren Beatty for.

I don't know, am I the only die-hard fan of Miss Dunaway out there?

Discuss...

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I prefer her to Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver or Cybill Shepherd... so... does it make me a die-hard fan? ))

[–] Filmhistorian (22) 5 years ago

Maybe :) A little bit anyway.

For myself it's not so much a matter of preference, but rather disappointment for during the 1970s, Dunaway, along with Jane Fonda and Barbra Streisand, was the top female draw at the box office and shared equally in critical acclaim. It's sad in its own way that she's been denied the honors and accolades, (Kennedy Honors, AFI Lifetime Achievement, Cecil B. DeMille Award), which have been bestowed upon her professional equals.

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 5 years ago

I loved her in Bonnie and Clyde and Network...and while I usually remain unbiased on the private life of famous people there is one thing I can't help but influence me.
If I discover they are genuinely a horrible human being and it's a consistent observation then I can't help being turned off to enjoying their work.
I have no use for her.

[–] sslssg (34313) 5 years ago

That dress in the Towering Inferno! She looked amazing.

[–] huwdj (4567) 5 years ago

I think she made some great films in the 70s but in the 80s everything slipped away. It may have been the brutal late-thirties barrier that so many actresses hit or it may have been poor choice or lack of choice with her films. Or it may have been a change in public tastes - she has a very particular high-gloss type of beauty. For me the last good film she made was The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) and I recognise only a few of the titles after that.

[–] whynotwriteme (7725) 5 years ago

I only really know her from four roles: Little Big Man, The Towering Inferno, Bonnie and Clyde, and the two 1970s Musketeer movies. I always found her kind of cold and distant, but maybe those are just the roles I saw her in. I think she's a good actress, but she is not my favorite.

[–] CalvinJarrett (462) 2 years ago

I adore her. She became my favorite actress in 1990 when I was 13. I saw her in a British-made made-for-TV movie adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel, Thirteen at Dinner. As low-budget as that production may have been, and as past her glory days as that film may have been made (1985), I thought she was marvelous. She did not phone in her performance; she stole the show ... and my heart. From then on, I rented or taped off of cable pretty much every other film of hers to date. I continued watching her films and television as they came out in the '90's, 2000's, 2010's, etc. Unfortunately, she seems to have all but retired, and I agree with other posters that she does not get he due she should from both the critics and mere mortals like us.