stylish shelley

yeah, i don't know how this one's gonna hit. i am soooo sleepy. and i dig shelley duvall. (well, up until she got into making those faerie tale theater things for kids... kids get enough, trust me.) i think she's great in 'annie hall,' i think she's great in 'three women,' i think she's great in 'the shining,' and yes, i think she's great in 'popeye.' and she was in 'time bandits,' too... but i've only seen her parts like, fleetingly, whilst searching for the bits with ian holm. no, but seriously, i think she's damn good. its hard for me to swallow the fact that some people think she 'overacted' in 'the shining.' as if its possible for someone to chew on the 'scene-bone' more unabashedly than jackety-jack 'little pigs' nicholson. i defend shelley. i think she's pretty and dark and smart and has given me many nightmares, just imagining her in that blue bathrobe, running frantic around the Overlook with that butcher knife in her hand. man, just writing this has put me in the mood to roll it, 'the shining.' but, as fate would have it, the only kubrick movie i own on my shoestring budget is, happily, 'barry lyndon.' (just for the record, i love the long, white dress on the left. and the boots are deelish. not that i have the 'stringbean' bod neccessary to pull it off... far from it, but it looks nice and comfortable.)

shelley

i don't think shelley duvall gets enough credit. she is invariably the best thing in any movie she's in. i think the entire production of (the very underrated) 'popeye' would've shipwrecked without her fautless and charming protrayal of olive oyl. this shot is from the haunting robert altman film 'three women.' her performance in this film is so real i sometimes forgot i was watching a script. she manages to hold it together and go over the top all the while seeming oblivious to the camera. and i think she's just lovely. her lilting voice has a fragile rare quality i've never heard from anyone else. her often criticized portrayal of wendy torrance in 'the shining' is both horrifying and real. i just love her. nobody looks like her, nobody sounds like her, and nobody acts like her. she is a true cinematic gem.