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August 29, 2020,
During pandemic times, we’re often in front of the android phone, laptop or television, desiring something interesting to watch.
You’ve read the film title but you’re not sure if it is going to be a good movie.
What can help you decide? Actor analysis. Even movie reviews can be very subjective and faulty.
Some once “A” list actors in times past have fallen to the “B” and sometimes “C” list.
Can we be direct?
Their latest works find them in a lot of clunkers.
Other actor’s work, though not always perfect, is consistently stellar.
Like Naomi Watts.
If Naomi is in it, you know it is going to be some rock solid story telling on film. You are certain her acting will supersede exceptional.
She never disappoints.
Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress and film producer.
She made her film debut in the Australian drama For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in the Australian television series Hey Dad..! (1990), Brides of Christ (1991), Home and Away (1991), and the film Flirting (1991).
Her path to glory was not always easy.
After moving to the United States, Ms. Watts struggled as an actress for years, but managed to obtain parts in the films Tank Girl (1995), Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996), and Dangerous Beauty (1998), and the television series Sleepwalkers (1997–1998).
Naomi rose to international prominence for playing an aspiring actress in David Lynch‘s psychological thriller Mulholland Drive (2001) and a tormented journalist in the horror remake The Ring (2002).
What a classic.
She subsequently received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a grief-stricken mother in Alejandro González Iñárritu‘s neo-noir film 21 Grams (2003).
Her next films throughout the 2000s include I Heart Huckabees (2004), King Kong (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), and The International (2009).
What a resume. Bravo.
So, are you home for the day and would like to binge watch a sexy blonde’s film work?
How many films can you watch in one day? Let’s stay with three of Naomi’s that we still love the most.
Mulholland Drive is a 2001 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Mark Pellegrino and Robert Forster.
It tells the story of an aspiring actress named Betty Elms (Watts), newly arrived in Los Angeles, who meets and befriends an amnesiac woman (Harring) recovering from a car accident.
As the story unfolds it begins to become apparent to us that there is so much going on beneath the surface that we were certain we did not understand it the first time around.
We certainly felt it though.
To say it was deep is like saying the Atlantic Ocean has a few deep parts too.
We had to watch this jewel at least ten times. Truly.
So much of this Naomi Watt’s masterpiece is about opening and closing windows. It is about how much of your dreams should you place on hold for that of a friend or others who may not do the same thing for you?
When certain aspects of this absorbing mind meld became apparent, it becomes incredibly sad as to what happens to Betty and what was lost.
It is painful, thought proving and unbelievably sad.
We sense if you don’t get to that analysis then maybe you need to watch it one more time or two.
The master reviewers at rogerebert.com surmise, “The movie is a surrealist dreamscape in the form of a Hollywood film noir, and the less sense it makes, the more we can’t stop watching it.
The movie is hypnotic; we’re drawn along as if one thing leads to another–but nothing leads anywhere, and that’s even before the characters start to fracture and recombine like flesh caught in a kaleidoscope.”
We couldn’t agree more. See what we mean? We are not alone.
Mulholland Drive is now widely regarded as one of Mr. Lynch’s finest works and one of the greatest films of the 21st century, ranking 28th in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics’ poll of the best films ever made.
That was satisfying. The next film is an engaging cautionary tale.
The International is a 2009 political thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer.
The film follows an Interpol agent and an American district attorney who investigate corruption within the IBBC, a fictional merchant bank based in Luxembourg. It serves organized crime and corrupt governments as a banker and as an arms broker. The bank’s ruthless managers assassinate potential threats including their own employees.
Inspired by the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) scandal of the 1980s, the film’s script, written by Eric Warren Singer, raises concerns about how global finance affects international politics across the world.
And here some of us thought that we can completely trust the banks.
Hmm, our Branch Manager seems so nice. Certainly won’t forget to make that loan payment after watching this film.
Naomi delivers another penetrating performance here as an honorable woman with an important job to do and a substantial amount to lose. We don’t envy her task though society needs her to perform that task well.
Listen to the scene carefully where her character is extolled about which bridges to build or burn.
We couldn’t take our eyes off of this one.
We couldn’t take our eyes off of the next one either, which is a little off the radar but in our opinion very enthralling none the less.
Gypsy is an American psychological thriller web television series created by Lisa Rubin for Netflix.
Naomi Watts stars as Jean Holloway, a psychologist who secretly infiltrates the private lives of her patients. Billy Crudup co-stars as her husband Michael.
The first season comprises 10 episodes and was released on June 30, 2017.
Stevie Nicks re-recorded an acoustic version of her Fleetwood Mac song “Gypsy” to serve as the show’s theme song. Nice touch.
Academy Award-nominee Naomi Watts stars in this Netflix-original psychological thriller as Jean, a therapist in New York with a successful practice and a life that seems picturesque.
Or at least we thought so.
Well we still think so. The problem is she doesn’t think so nor recognize what an incredible life that she has.
Why place a life that most of us would dream of at risk? Maybe that’s the thrill.
As Jean starts to develop intimate and illicit relationships with the people in her patients’ lives, the borders of her professional life and personal fantasies become blurred. Jean descends into a world where reality and the forces of her desires are disastrously at odds, which impacts her life and the lives of those around her.
We were waiting for this one to blow up in her face but she always seemed to be one step ahead of the grenade while planting one foot one inch away from the landmine.
Tricky business indeed in high heels.
She’s not the heroine but Naomi’s heroic effort makes this one binge watch worthy.
We were greatly disappointed the series was not renewed by Netflix for a second season.
Our suggestion?
Watch these three Naomi projects while you stay at home and you will not be disappointed.
Her acting bar is always high.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Watts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_(film)
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mulholland-drive-2001
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_International_(2009_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_(TV_series)
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