ephemera

so i saw the hours for the first time – my memory of the reviews i read when it came out were less than complimentary, fractured fragmented disjointed are some of the words that come to mind when i think of that film’s reviews

since i am not convinced by the acting talents of nicole kidman (yes terence dogville is one of my favourite films of recent years, but lars von trier could get a good performance out of tom hanks) and not being much of a fan of either virginia woolf or meryl streep, i never made an effort to see it – and/but : this is a wonderful film! i couldn’t take my eyes off the screen – it moves fluidly between three time periods and three different but connected stories

i was very impressed with meryl streep who plays the role of a contemporary woman who is just holding it together with gusto, and this converges with the parallel story featuring an equally powerful performance by julianne moore, set in fifties amerika – meanwhile nicole is quite servicable as virginia woolf writing the story of mrs.dalloway and battling with her sanity and her well-meaning husband

of course as it turns out, my memory proves to be less than reliable : according to wikipedia was one of the most acclaimed films of 2002 and was nominated for a slew of oscars, although ironically, in view of the fact that streep and moore’s performances were far more convincing, nicole kidman was the only winner, receiving an oscar for best actress