Jessica Lange

Normal
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For a made for television low-budget movie, the actors wrung a lot of truth out of a story that may or may not have reflected the actual physical process of a man becoming a woman.
The reason the movie was made was because of the tabloid appeal of the main idea. The portrayals of middle American people was more accurate than most of us would like to imagine. They are frightened of anything new, programmed to hate at the drop of an epithet and betray the fact that our educational system is more about entrenched teacher cadres than about awakening any pursuit of truth and knowledge. I don't like to think that we are really that close to the "My Name is Earl" mentality, but I think that we are.

The Postman Always Rings Twice
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This is one of the greatest remakes of the 60's. The suspense, drama and a steamy scene between Jack and Jessica has to make this one of top 100 movies of all times. I have it on VHS and now DVD. Its a keeper

Frances
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Was Frances mom in this film the whole ordeal of her insanity...her mom wanted Frances to be in pictures and was one of those jealously old stories the parent being sickly jealous .........of the star child

50 Photographs
$60.00
Jessica Lange, one of this country's most daring, sensitive and subtle actresses, is first and foremost an artist's artist. In keeping with her ability to find the micro corners of the characters she explores and brings to life on stage and screen Lange approaches her intuitive vision and observations of the world in a similar manner in an important hobby - photography. Begun as a means to document the growth of her family Lange has extended her interest in observing the human phenomenon and the neglected spaces on the planet in her decision to carry her camera to the various locations throughout the world, gathering these fifty photographs here published without the usual ballyhoo that accompanies a 'star's project'.

Lange elects to use a fast film and prefers available light as opposed to the staginess of flash and reflectors so important in her acting episodes. And in selecting this combination of factors she is able to capture dramatic moments which ring of melancholy, privacy, solitude, and acts that appear spontaneous and quite without audience. All of the photographs in this moody monograph are in black and white and each of the fifty selections is beautifully composed and respectfully frozen in time by an artist whose hallmark has always been understatement.

Multiple viewings of this collection of works only serve to solidify Jessica Lange's importance as an artist of the camera. There is so much more in this series of quiet images that a single glance can retain. This is a beautiful body of work by a very gifted artist. Grady Harp, May 09