The scene where Jane/Bree breaks down

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PussyCrusher_Principal — 11 years ago(February 07, 2015 09:29 AM)

Has got to be one of the most well performed crying scenes in film history. I'm not an acting expert or critic, just a film fan, so I make no claims to knowing what makes one better than another. I'm always impressed when actors cry, convincingly, on cue, and there are many throughout the 100+years of moviesbut when the SNOT comes pouring from her nose like lava from a volcanowow!
She described what she was thinking during the shot in "And The a Oscar Goes To", which will be shown on TCM about a hundred times this month, and which inspired me to comment. Check it out if you haven't seen it already.
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jootsyfruit — 10 years ago(April 04, 2015 10:50 PM)

Yeah, you know its a good crying scene when the actress isn't afraid of displaying snot strings. Definitely not pretty crying here, but adds to the realism.

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xdayton — 10 years ago(April 07, 2015 07:06 PM)

Now that I think about it, Pakula directed the two greatest crying scenes in movie history: Fonda's in "Klute" and Streep's in "Sophie's Choice."

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EJverh — 10 years ago(February 19, 2016 09:23 PM)

I agree. And that was unscripted too. She was supposed to act terrified and scared but Fonda said when it was time to do the scene she was listening to the tape of the other girl getting murdered and she found it incredibly sad that she started to cry. So powerful.

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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(November 19, 2019 02:01 AM)

Bree crying while listening to the tape came across as painfully real and genuine for sure.
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