Marty + Michelle

The Age of Innocence Twenty Years Ago

Comments

[Volvagia]

Man, shame the narration was executed from a perspective that sucked out all excitement, the film had no in on these painfully repressed characters and the ending shot, instead of an effective outpouring of all the movie's repressed emotions through a close-up is just a full body shot of the character from the back walking away. Other than that, I guess the film was okay. (No it isn't: C-.)

[Peggy Sue]

Love it!

Nathaniel, will you remove my glove?

[mark]

Tell me again why Pfeiffer was not nominated for this,they stopped loving her in the mid 90's probably around the time the rise of Demi Moore and Sharon Stone occured!!!

[Susan Sarandon]

Peggy Sue:

Admit it, I would have killed in this role 20 years ago.

[Peggy Sue]

Susan, I ADORE you and I would give you like 3 Oscars, but I must say NO, you wouldn't kill in that role. Pfeiffer shines.

[Jesper L]

mark:
The reviews for Pfeiffer at the same seemed to have been mixed and Ryder stole the show according to many. Also 93 was quite a good year for leading actresses.

The rise of Moore and Stone got nothing to do with Pfeiffer. It probably had more to do with Pfeiffer focusing on being a box office draw in 94-96.

[Michelle Pfeiffer]

Susan Sarandon, you gots an earthy grace. That role calls for icy grace. Don't get it twisted.

[Sophie Okonedo]

I was the right choice for that one!

[Suzanne]

My favorite Scorsese movie and one of the best literary adaptations. Ebert pointed out that passion and violence exist in this movie just like in Scorsese's other great works, only in a different way. And MichaelBallhaus is such a great cinematographer.

[CMG]

It was shot near where I live and my father and mother saw DDL and Michelle Pfeiffer at a local dining establishment. FYI, no canoodling, just a professional lunch.

[Tyler]

What do you think of this film, Nathaniel? And Day-Lewis, Pfeiffer, and Ryder's performances? Margolyes says she deserved to be nominated!

[David]

LMAO... I love that Susan and Michelle take time out of their busy days to personnaly comment on a film blog. ;-)

[Mirko]

One of Scorsese's best movie and Pfeiffer's best perf....I remember I was so disappointed whe she wasn't nominated

[NathanielR]

David - i'm not sure La Pfeiff would know a busy day if it bit her in the ass. She never goes to work!

Tyler - i'm not crazy about this film but I love all the actors -- and love that Margoyles is so outspoken about that bitch Winona stealing her nomination ;)

Suzanne =- Ballhaus also shot Fabulous Baker Boys so he knows from Pfeiffer's beauty.

[cal roth]

Pfeiffer was not nominated just because Ryder stole the movie from her and killed every single scene she had. It's had to get youself noticed when your character is such a non-confrontational free spirit that doesn't fight for what she wants. It's a great character because of this (and Olenska is a character in the book, too), but Oscar never goes for the lead that resigns. Of course the bitch would shine, not the doomed lovers.

I love all of them in the movie, Ryder, Day-Lewis and Pfeiffer. I wish Marty would try something like it again, because he is SO GOOD with movies with female leads (see also New York New York).

[mark]

How did Channing and Winger break in when there films were not universally loved and never got no love elsewhere at the Oscars,seems like a wtf Ryan Gosling snub in 2010 and Albert Brooks in 2021 but there's been many over the years.

[Paul Outlaw]

A resounding YES to that last sentence (see also Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore), cal roth!

[Hayden W.]

Mark—I KNOW you did not just question Stockard Channing.

[NATHANIEL R]

Hayden & Mark -- Stockard is so awesome in that movie (yes, I think she was more deserving than Pfeiffer that year. Not that I agree with the final five, though...)

Cal & Paul -- pity that his obsessions run so deeply to the violent criminal male mind 95% of the time

[Peggy Sue]

Mademoiselle Binoche, I presume?