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Re: Cate Blanchett... greatest actress today? Perhaps, but I get

Posted by jamesgarvin (A) on November 20, 2006 at 08:31:48

In Reply to: Re: Cate Blanchett... greatest actress today? Perhaps, but I get posted by patrickU on November 20, 2006 at 05:02:48:

Patrick, Patrick, Patrick. For once me and Tin agree.
(1) Paradise Road - plays a prisoner of war. No glory, makeup.
(2) Elizabeth I - from a convincing prisoner of war plays the convincing Queen of England. Without looking at the credits you would not have known she was the same actress.
(3) An Ideal Husband - though also a period piece, now she plays light comedy - very well
(4) Pushing Tin - now she is very convincing in playing an American wife (dare I say with a little hint of white trash). Again, had you not looked at the credits, the name Cate Blanchett never would have come to mind, having nothing to do with the hair color.
(5) The Talented Mr. Ripley - now she is the waifish innocent. Completely convincing. Funny how she completely lost that American schtick.
(6) The Gift - now she is playing an American clairvoyant from New Orleans. Funny thing is I thought she was from New Orleans.
(7) Bandits - Now she is back to her rogue role playing the "chick." Back to red hair.
(8) LOTR - not a big role, but miles from Bandits.
(9) Charlotte Gray - now back to Europe, very convincing as a Scotish woman, very convincingly playing a woman largely out of her league in circumstances she was not cut for. And Blanchett sold the goods.
(10) The Shipping News - now to Newfoundland. Playing a person of some sourness - very well. Check out the scowl which raises the cheekbones. Same actress?
(11) Veronica Guerin - The Irish journalist way in over her head. I smell the fear and determination in her performance.
(12) Coffee and Cigarettes - a small role, but miles from Veronica Guerin. And she was the best part of this film.
(13) The Missing - now she is in the old west. Any hint that she is British. Hell no. With that dirty brown hair, her desperation is perfectly balanced between hysteria and control.
(14) The Life Aquatic - now she is the eager reporter, just like we imagine eager reporters to be. Convinced me.
(15) The Aviator - whatever one thinks of the film, her performance captured the look, sound, and more importantly, the independence of Hepburn. Who would have thunk that the actress in Life Aquatic could have pulled this one off.

Patrick, I am not sure there are any other actresses working today that have more range. I'd be interested in hearing about some.

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