Greatest Actress Ever?
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Agent_X27 — 14 years ago(November 07, 2011 11:13 PM)
I think she was the greatest actress of the classic film era, next to Bette Davis. The problem was that she seemed to hardly ever get really good parts. And many the roles she did get were a variation on the "scandalous lady" character. There was a big dichotomy between her talent and the quality of her roles. That is what makes watching so many of her films so strange. Even some of her best known films are just O.K., and she is so good in them and it makes the mediocrity of everything else even more clear.
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nakis74 — 14 years ago(January 20, 2012 01:48 AM)
I personally feel that Garbo was the true genius in screen acting and this is where I believe it is worth saying a few things about what makes a truly great screen actor.
Truly, Garbo has that gift to be absolutely photogenic, the presence, the magic to act before a camera. These gifts are not necessarily always what make a great screen actor but in Garbo's case these gifts are also combined with her extraordinary intuition as an actress, the depth of her acting and her capacity to adapt her whole being in various emotional and visual contexts in films.
Sure, she is a genius in "Camille" and that part alone could earn her a rightful place as one of the greatest actresses ever. But see carefully most of her other films and if you are sensitive to her you will discover a most passionate and diversified actress one can ever imagine. Some people complain that she has a limited range. Think of her mature femme fatale, full of mystery and perversity in "Flesh and the Devil" at the tender age of 21. Think then that in her subsequent film "Love" she was already able to transform herself into a tender mother torn between her love for her son and Vronsky as Anna Karenina and was able to refine her charcterization several years later in Clarence Brown's production of "Anan Karenina". She could play a sensual spy with radiance and sensuality in "The mysterious Lady". A tragic, modern, romantoc heroine in "Woman of Affairs". A cynical, yet underneath the surface utterly human prostitute in the German verison of "Anan Christie". A naive, complex young woman who discovers little by little life, love and deception in the underrated "Painted Veil". An androgynous, ambiguous "Queen Christina". The ultimate romantoic heroine in "Camille". a born comedienne in "Ninotyschka" or "Two Faced Woman". Garbo does not need to do ham acting, put funny accents to "impress" her public. She is a creative force, unique, each part even the slightest one reveals different facets of various human beings, different emotional states with which we can relate to She is the essence,t he soul of screen -
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d_dari — 12 years ago(June 02, 2013 10:08 AM)
She is a goddess. I've just recently got acquainted with her films, and I still can't believe that a woman so perfect lived on this earth.
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zhu_bernard — 9 years ago(December 05, 2016 06:22 PM)
Personally I placed Garbo the greatest actress only next to Bette Davis. From the silent era when all actors act with big moves, Garbo is a pioneer to use subtle movement and eyes to perform, a true revelation lead to a magical connection and chemistry between her character and her audience. This never happened to any other actors ever since. I see what she thinks as I see her on screen. Camille, Ninotchka and Joyless Street see her greatest performance and how great she did. Garbo is the most effecting, most captivating, most subtle actress.