Friday, April 08, 2005

Stephen Schiff

. . . . Meryl Streep's portrayal of Lindy (which she has called "almost the thing that I'm proudest of") allows her to be chilly and cynical, and even physically repugnant, but it also displays the character's wicked savvy, and Schepisi uses her performance with an unusual kind of integrity. Streep earns our sympathy as the story demands that it be earned--not because Lindy is likable, not because we fall in love with her, but because she's innocent and her conviction by innuendo is monstrous.

Stephen Schiff
"A Cinematic Gallant"
New Yorker, whenever
[more on Schepisi's skill with actors? on Lindy's char (not much not covered)]

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