Her acting, just like all her filmography, is new, fresh, ever present, even back then. She was way ahead of her peers in the naturalistic acting while still being stylized. Everybody else is, by comparison, wooden, dead or a cringe worthy cheesy mess (Holden). The story is boring, the premise ridiculous, this is no great movie, Faye Dunaway is the only jolt of electricity in this, like the thunder in the poster.
shareDunaway is good but her role is little more than a caricature - she is ‘television incarnate’ - and I don’t think she had all that much to work with. Personally I find that William Holden acts rings around her, best performance in the film by a mile.
shareIt's quite possible that Peter Finch stole the show here..his epic rant is the most identifiable scene from the whole movie. He certainly deserved his posthumous Oscar.
shareYes, but the whole film was a classic. Actually to me Faye Dunaway was the weakest link: her acting was too over-the-top perky which got on my nerves. I think OP just didn't get the film, but thought she was attractive. Anyway, yes, glad Peter Finch won it even in a year full of over great actors. His career was full of great films: this was just his final one. I wonder if the strain of doing this film killed him: so many actors die prematurely, but of course he was a heavy drinker.
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