CHE FINE HA FATTO BABY JANE?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Blanche (Joan Crawford) e Baby Jane (Bette Davis) sono due anziane sorelle. Vivono insieme in una grande e un po’ decrepita casa. Entrambe sono state attrici: Baby Jane è stata una diva bambina, mentre Blanche ha avuto successo dopo, ma ha eclissato la sorella nei favori del pubblico. Ora Blanche è paralizzata in seguito a un incidente d’auto e Baby Jane si prende cura di lei, anche se il loro rapporto è minato dall’invidia reciproca e da una sorta di strisciante ostilità. Baby Jane, infatti, sogna di ridare linfa alla sua carriera con un improbabile ritorno alle scene, ma è turbata e seccata dalla popolarità di cui ancora gode Blanche. Ciò la porta a trattare la sorella con una punta di sadismo. Le cose, in bilico su un tragico equilibrio, non possono che precipitare.
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Cast
Bette Davis
Baby Jane Hudson
Joan Crawford
Blanche Hudson
Victor Buono
Edwin Flagg
Wesley Addy
Marty McDonald
Julie Allred
Young Baby Jane Hudson
Anne Barton
Cora Hudson
Marjorie Bennett
Dehlia Flagg
Bert Freed
Ben Golden
Anna Lee
Mrs. Bates
Maidie Norman
Elvira Stitt
Dave Willock
Ray Hudson
William Aldrich
Lunch Counter Assistant at Beach
Ernest Anderson
Ernie
Russ Conway
Police Officer
Maxine Cooper
Bank Teller
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Shelby
Michael Fox
Man in Television Commercial
Gina Gillespie
Young Blanche Hudson
Barbara Merrill
Liza Bates
Don Ross
Police Officer
Troupe
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For this particular review, I have chosen to render my critique - in description of this timeless masterpiece - with a word from each letter of its title: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
An opus of epic proportions, the tour de force performances in this cinematic icon relay what is:
Warped. Hellish. Atrocious. Tumultuous.
Evil. Vile. Envious. Ruthless.
Hostile. Abhorrent. Perverse. Paranoid. Enraged. Nightmarish. Erroneous. Depraved.
Terrifying. Ominous.
Brutal. Apprehensive. Backstabbing. Yucky.
Jealousy. Abominable. Nefarious. Egotistical.
...And there you have it, folks. A single word from every letter of the title to describe the ice-cold spirit of the one and ONLY What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
This Robert Aldrich-directed, old era silver screen jewel is a phenomenal feature of cinematic art, and a legendary masterwork of prestige. Superb performances by the real-life archenemies, Davis and Crawford. Absolutely superb!
Way beyond worthy of its 5 of 5 stars rating.
CinemaSerf
Now then, settle down - turn off the phone, grab some Malbec and be prepared for one of the finest examples of character-driven cinema you are ever likely to encounter. Bette Davis is the former, rather petulant, child star "Baby Jane" who rather grudgingly looks after her sister - the more critically acclaimed actress "Blanche" (Joan Crawford) as their dotage approaches in their Hollywood home. "Blanche" is largely confined to a wheelchair, so is entirely dependent on her increasingly alcoholic, flaky and downright nasty sibling. Thing is, though, it's Blanche who has the money - and when she starts to discuss selling their house this riles her sister who soon has some pretty menacing thoughts about thwarting this "betrayal". Luckily for "Blanche" - their maid "Elvira" (Maidie Norman) starts to become aware of this rather menacing change in attitude, and well... Crawford and Davis are very much at the top of their games here, and somehow you can't help but wonder if they were really acting their socks off, or whether there was a serious bit of professional "loathing" going on on the set of this deftly directed Robert Aldrich classic. There is a positive sense of venom here from Davis, and her counterpart portrays the traumatised victim with great aplomb. Neither woman is afraid to ditch their more traditional glamour. Davis looks truly demented in her part as the woman with one hand on the bottle and the other on the door handle of the sanatorium - and she excels in the part. It's almost 2¼ hours long and it positively flies by. The pace is perfect, the DeVol score ebbs and flows with the frequently pithy and powerful dialogue and the photography - often tight and intimate makes this a superb example of the ultimate cinema sibling rivalry. Big screen if you can - but either way, this is just about as good as it gets.
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