Silkwood (1983) is Meryl Streep's greatest film and performance
I completely believed her as Karen Silkwood. I never thought I was watching Meryl Streep.
Silkwood features her most natural performance. She captures the different layers of Karen. Her chemistry with Kurt Russell and Cher (both excellent) is amazing.
I think because it came out a year after Sophie's Choice it sometimes gets overlooked. And it's not a showy performance like many of Streep's other performances.
I rank this higher than her performance in Sophie's Choice.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 36 | August 24, 2019 10:47 PM
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I'd take away her Oscar for Iron Lady and give it to her for Silkwood.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 19, 2019 6:25 AM
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I thought it was incredible when I saw it in the theater and felt she should have won back to back Oscars for it and Sophie.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 19, 2019 6:45 AM
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Somebody oughta run HER car off a road.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 19, 2019 6:54 AM
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Agree op. Also, a lament for films about labor unions and the importance of them to the working class.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 19, 2019 6:59 AM
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Interesting that many of Streep's films are average to good but not many great ones - Deer Hunter, Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice, Silkwood, Out of Africa, Death Becomes Her.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 22, 2019 6:25 AM
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Yes, I was great in it, wasn’t l? If you think my performance in that movie was great, wait until you see me in the upcoming Little Women.....I’ve already started drafting my Oscar speech.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 22, 2019 6:39 AM
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For some reason I always remembered that as somebody drove away and out of her life (her kids?), she left her hand on the car as long as she could as it pulled away. It could have seemed contrived but it didn't, it felt genuine and you knew what Karen was feeling just then.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 22, 2019 10:50 AM
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Meryl is a great actress.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 22, 2019 10:55 AM
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M playing white trash isn’t really acting.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 22, 2019 11:45 AM
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Amen, OP. I think it's up there with Bridges of Madison County as one where she can't be cerebral. It's raw. The way she carries her body and embodies this character is one of her best. Her scenes with Cher and Kurt Russell hit notes she has rarely hit in anything else.
And I think the movie as a whole is extremely underrated. I liked the Big Chill and the Dresser, but I would've used those two slots for the Oscars that year for Silkwood and Fanny and Alexander.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 22, 2019 1:15 PM
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I'm a Meryl hater and even I think this is just a phenomenal performance. It's true that you actually see the character for once, and not her 'acting'. The story itself is very easy to win you over though (as are similar films like Norma Rae and Erin Brockovich), and especially the mysterious ending. I watch it whenever it's on TV. I appreciate that Karen isn't likeable OR unlikeable. Just a woman struggling to make ends meet, who is hunting for the truth. Even the scenes at home with Kurt and Cher feel very natural.
As for greatest film, I still think Julia, Death Becomes Her, The Deer Hunter, Manhattan, and Adaptation are up there but this one is amongst the group.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 22, 2019 1:38 PM
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Oh, fine. For this one performance, I'll simply say "click, click."
by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 22, 2019 7:22 PM
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If not Silkwood it would have to be Adaptation for me. She was played pathetic just perfectly.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 22, 2019 9:57 PM
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Happy 70th Birthday 🎂, M!
by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 22, 2019 10:01 PM
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Haven't seen that shit. Thank god. That ham. Enough. So she was genuine in something, like, 40 years ago. Good for her. Enabler. Fake. Cunt. Dafug.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 22, 2019 10:02 PM
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^^ Go away, Rose McGowan.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 22, 2019 10:03 PM
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I think she is amazing and she is killing it in Big Little Lies. She was quite beautiful in her youth too in a different way
by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 22, 2019 10:09 PM
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R20 you are not allowed. Even on DL. That is indecent. She was a major fuggo. Perhaps the ugliest leading Lady ever. Puh-lease. Frau, pull yourself together !
by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 22, 2019 10:12 PM
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Credit to Mike Nichols, too. A great director.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 23, 2019 2:31 AM
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That's me, Dolly Trashbags.
Ho!
by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 21, 2019 1:40 AM
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Great movie but the ending was terrible.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | August 21, 2019 1:58 AM
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Hush a bye, don't you cry. Go to sleepy little Baby.
When you wake, you will have.
All the Pretty LIttle Horses.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | August 21, 2019 2:03 AM
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[quote]Agreed, love this movie.
Is it really a movie anyone "loves"?
I saw it when it came out - hope I never see it again, however excellent I thought it was at the time.
& I Ioved Cher as the dykey friend.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | August 21, 2019 2:03 AM
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Didn’t she show her titties in this?
by Anonymous | reply 28 | August 21, 2019 2:05 AM
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[quote]Didn’t she show her titties in this?
I SO don't remember.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | August 21, 2019 2:07 AM
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It feels like a 70s film, and I mean that as a compliment.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | August 21, 2019 2:11 AM
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She flashed one titty but Sudie Bond gave her all for art's sake
by Anonymous | reply 31 | August 21, 2019 2:13 AM
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Dolly and Drew are now all gone as well.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | August 24, 2019 1:51 AM
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The diner scene was shot in Texas City, Texas and I was there! They also shot the beach scene in Terms of Endearment in Texas City that same year.
We were the NEW HOLLYWOOD for a very brief period of time in 1983 .
by Anonymous | reply 36 | August 24, 2019 10:47 PM
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