--flipp525 wrote:--Reza wrote:Glenn Close was certainly on a roll then......she was everywhere....on tv, the big screen and Broadway....winning or getting nominated for Emmys, Tonys and Oscars.
Close really was hot back then, wasn't she? Didn't she get nominated in support three years in a row? It's hard to imagine the reasoning behind her not having an Oscar yet. Although, to be thorough, the years in which she was nominated were either led by a clear, almost indominable frontrunner (Linda Hunt, Peggy Ashcroft) or a consolation winner (Lange). Dangerous Liasions might've been her best shot.
I was just watching the latest episode of Damages last night and I think it's really some of her best work. The tightrope she has to walk playing Patty Hewes is rather remarkable. She manages to be both vulnerable and vicious, sometimes alternately in the blink of an an eye.
Yes I would have preferred Close winning over Jodie Foster in 1988. If I remember correctly it was a surprise win for Foster (Jacqueline Bisset, amongst others, was shown in closeup and looked quite surprised) even though amongst the precursors she won only the NBR award and the Golden Globe (in a whacky three way tie with Shirley MacLaine and Sigourney Weaver).
I agree Close is superb in Damages. I still have my hopes up high that someday she might win an Oscar in the lead category......is that pesky film version of Sunset Blvd ever going to see the light of day???
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