Kermode Uncut: Isabelle Huppert has the right material

[mymarty23]

did he refer to Meryl Streep as Muriel Strep? lol

A very nice talk of Huppert though. She's a bloody Goddess.

[terratrema]

She's very fearless, or at least was, but I suspect she still is.

Anyone seen Godard's Sauve qui peut (la vie)? It's from 1980, fairly early into Huppert's career. She plays a jaded prostitute who has a series of unsavory encounters. I expect many young actresses would've been clearly uncomfortable in that role, given what was often going on in a scene or what she'd sometimes have to do, but Huppert came across as appropriately secure and unmoved.

"She's looked long into the void."

[TheThing88]

"Because it's proper acting, that's why!"

That sounds pithy and repeatable enough for me.

[st3ve]

I want those sunglasses...also must get around to watching some of Isabelles work

[wilkiesmith]

Watch A Prophet for enigmatic acting,

[StinkySQL]

Ahhhhh - I love your reviews.

[jibsmokestack1]

Kermode is a living legend!

[gridlink1234]

damn fucking right mark! you hit the nail on head. it's proper acting, some of the best acting seen today.

[topcat4eva]

Shes been in loads of great films

[TheUltimoLee]

The greatest actress who ever lived

[LePierre]

Isabelle Huppert is a cinematic superhero. She always looks hardened and assured.

[jhuan0]

Ive only seen her in the Piano Teacher, and was hypnotized by her performance. The scene in which the camera focuses on just her face as she stares at her student Walter is amazingly minimal, internalised desire that somehow she conveys through her poker face.

[whatsthehurrymurray]

Hang on a sec, am i watching Kermode or Caruso here? That last bit was right out of C.S.I. Miami!

[mmatycoonDOTcom]

@whatsthehurrymurray - yeah, I was wondering if that was done ironically. This week they mentioned taking glasses off for dramatic effect, in relation to stroking of moustaches. 

[algildea]

@whatsthehurrymurray yes, from the Sunglasses Acting Academy!

[simozonelayer]

@whatsthehurrymurray Don't you mean Rex Kramer from 'Airplane'?

[simozonelayer]

@whatsthehurrymurray for the slim possibility you haven't seen Airplane @2:39 : watch?v=i1amYd47CQs

[whatsthehurrymurray]

@simozonelayer I'd forgotten that bit! I think Kermode must absorb some moves from all the films he sees - thankfully he hasn't deployed the 'Richard Gere Buns' yet!!

[Gadget3440]

@whatsthehurrymurray From the movement to the dialogue! Damn I hate CSI Miami

[williamwilson666]

Kermode adores a monotone actor. 

[welshfilmbuff]

He's right about Heaven's Gate. Utterly shallow and long winded film...

shame it's the only film I've ever seen her in.

[rayway82]

isabelle huppert is a goddess!

[cuntscab555]

she's like a scary helen mirren