Geraldine Page, Interiors

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Vincent Canby

“The most vital and believable character in the entire film is Arthur’s intended, Pearl, a good-hearted, none-too-bright widow played with enormous humanity and humor by Maureen Stapleton….

“Two sequences with Miss Page are among the memorable things of this film season—the one in which the camera catches her confused reactions as her husband coolly announces his plans for a separation, and the other, which is virtually a subliminal shot, showing the actress in three-quarters profile, sitting in a darkened room, sipping white wine and watching a Christian revivalist on television. This is one way the world can end.”

Vincent Canby
The New York Times, August 6, 1978

“Maureen Stapleton is a fine actress, who fully deserves the attention she has received for her work in Woody Allen’s “Interiors,” yet how can one sanely support giving her an award for “Interiors” without recognizing Geraldine Page’s extraordinary performance in the same film?”

Canby
January 7, 1979, sec 2, p 13 & 19
(like above, from my note cards)

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