FAYE - AN APPRECIATION THREAD

She’s FABULOUS. Shes the greatest actress of all time. From period dramas to kabuki-esque performances, there’s never been one greater.

Why must EVERYTHING be a contest??

You homosexual boys make me sick.

I don't know her.

R4 / Mara, you always were a hanger on.

ful·some /ˈfo͝olsəm/ adjective 1. complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree.

Honestly, I haven’t thought much about her since the OJ trial, but yes Opee I guess I appreciate her!

Can you please leave? You are right in my eyeline.

op It's Miss Dunaway to you salad boy.

She’s a tough one to understayand

Big bitch, and I LOVE it

Not much actual appreciation for her here, so I'll add some.

I think that Faye Dunaway was one of the great talents of her generation. All 3 of her Oscar-nominated performances -- BONNIE & CLYDE, CHINATOWN and NETWORK -- hold up today, and each is in a distinct vein.

She had tremendous presence -- that elusive thing called star quality -- and who knows what might have been had MOMMIE DEAREST not dealt her career so crippling a blow? (I think she's brilliant in that part, actually; Frank Perry did nothing to modulate the performance, but how would YOU play that script? To me "operatic" was the only way to go, and she was all in.)

MARY! But I love her without apology.

Recent threads! There's nothing like them!

Is the one who played her son in Mommie Dearest a little homosexual boy?

Remarkable cheek bones, they fascinate me.

Agreed, Faye Wray is the OG.

R6. Thank you for reminding people that “fulsome” is not a compliment—that’s one of my pet peeves.

Most of Hollywood was jealous of Jack Nicholson for his chance in that slapping scene in "Chinatown."

I've studied her methods.

Her success, beyond her amazing appearance, stemmed from her always maintaining an interiority that kept her from being fully present in any scene requiring stong emotion. Her mysterious allure seems to have been an inability to convey a completely focused emotion outside of anger. That part of her that kept out of things gave the appearance of depth or internal conflict.

Faye was always there. And that's why older actresses saw something in her familiar from their own eras. But because Faye was playing in a more realistically driven era than the earlier personality-driven days, audiences saw something that actually was an artifact of her seeming limitations.

Remember her last appearance on Kelly & Mark where she had missing teeth? On national television. Have some dignity dear.

R20 this is FOCUSED on POSITIVE things!!!

Missing teeth is a positive when you’re from floriduh

She plays against type in BARFLY and she's very good.

Never saw the Kustrica movie, but is it as good as she says it is?

There’s nothing positive to say about Faye. Nothing.

Lee Grant was wonderful in this. It was supposed to be an adult sitcom but the network insisted on a 8:30 PM (family hour) time slot so the censors butchered it.

One of her best and least-known musical moments, from NOW I'LL TELL, released a few months before the Production Code came in. She's only twenty years old! One of Spencer Tracy's last Fox films before he moved to MGM.

She's a great actress in many ways. I actually think her performance in Mommie Dearest was worthy of an Oscar, but the whole package and presentation made it too campy for that. Plus I wouldn't change a single thing about it because I love it the way it is!

My criticism of Faye is that she plays almost every role the same way. Whether it's China Town, Network, or The Eyes Of Laura Mars, it strikes me as being basically the same performance. I think it harkens back to an older style of acting, in a way. There's nothing wrong with it, really, but it stands out a bit in more modern projects.

*Chinatown even

I don't know her.

R23 The Kusturica movie is actually a fun little oddity. I don’t think it adds up to much but it’s an in interesting film with strong performances from Faye, Johnny Depp, Vincent Gallo, Jerry Lewis and Lili Taylor. Faye actually looks like she’s having fun playing this part. I recommend it.