The results are up! We are re-living the Oscar race in 1984 over at Nathaniel’s place, voting again on the Best Supporting Actress category. To refresh your memory, the nominees were:
Dame Peggy Ashcroft for A Passage to India (she won the Oscar)
Lindsay Crouse in Places in the Heart
Christine Lahti in Swing Shift
Geraldine Page in Pope of Greenwich Village
Glenn Close in The Natural
Go check it out … and the comments are awesome as well (as they always are over there).
Thanks, Nathaniel, for having me!
So fabulously fun! And I agree wholeheartedly with your comments (no surprise there, I suppose). Love you! xxx
I was very ambivalent – in retrospect – about Lindsay Crouse. I love her. But her role seemed so extraneous – and just not with that quality that screams “Oscar.” What did you think?
God, I love Christine Lahti – that one was really fun to re-visit and I guess I didnt realize all the backstage shenanigans – that Hawn did not like Demme’s final cut because – there was too much Lahti, maybe? I mean, the final shot – if you see it again, look for it. The two women hug, and circle around. It goes from Hawn’s face to Lahti’s. That’s the end. and THEN – weirdly – they put up a still shot of Hawn, right after that. Kind of like, “Oops, should have ended with her.” It’s very bizarre.
and apparently Demme’s cut still exists somewhere but very few people have seen it. It’s not a Holy Grail like Welles’ cut of Magnificent Ambersons – but still, I want to see it.
I still love that movie anyway!