This verges, perhaps heavily, on the self-serving, but I have a special affection/respect for K.N. because of how long it took me to appreciate her. I saw B, B and C for the first time only relatively recently, and I finally saw what I hadn't seen in others of her films. She's quite magical. (Ha.) - ThreadSky

bcdreyer.social • 13 days ago

This verges, perhaps heavily, on the self-serving, but I have a special affection/respect for K.N. because of how long it took me to appreciate her. I saw B, B and C for the first time only relatively recently, and I finally saw what I hadn't seen in others of her films. She's quite magical. (Ha.)

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Happy birthday, Kim Novak!

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olebuc.bsky.social•13 days ago

Man, I’ve had a crush on her for oh, 50 years or so!

chelseagsummers.bsky.social•13 days ago

I saw Bell, Book & Candle just before the pandemic. I love it so.

ydawdy.bsky.social•13 days ago

Bell, Book and Candle is one of my favorite movies. A fabulous cast with stellar performances all around.

lorengoren.bsky.social•13 days ago

B, B, and C is one of my favorite movies. She's magnetic in it

misanthropesq.bsky.social•13 days ago

BB&C doesn't get enough love, especially when you consider how stacked the cast is.

I recently re-watched Glengarry Glen Ross and found myself thinking of Jack Lemmon's cousin Nicky and how, in his quiet way, Lemmon had some amazing range.

bcdreyer.social•13 days ago

She's also especially glorious in Middle of the Night, plus you get Glenda Farrell, Lee Grant, Martin Balsam, Edith Meiser, bonkers Betty Walker, and the divine Joan Copeland.

Freddy's pretty good too, for Freddy.

cafemuscato.bsky.social•13 days ago

I know we all have feelings about That Other Movie, but in a recent rewatch it hit me just how good she is in what’s really a ludicrous double role. Her Judy is as messy and febrile as her Madeleine is somehow both serene and neurotic—one a raw nerve, the other Doom Incarnate.

bcdreyer.social•13 days ago

You are so eloquent in your description that I'm almost tempted to take in That Other Movie yet another time, but I promised myself, after the last viewing (the twelfth? at least?), that I'd more than done my duty. But I'm (truly) glad you found power in her work.

cafemuscato.bsky.social•13 days ago

Also, it reminded me of Hitchcock’s (and Head’s) apparent lifelong belief that all it takes to make a real lady is the world’s best wool and some extremely distinguished tailoring.

bcdreyer.social•13 days ago

Ha!

rjmourinha.bsky.social•13 days ago

B B and C is divine. When he was firing on all cylinders, Richard Quine could run rings around Blake Edwards.

gbliss.bsky.social•13 days ago

I like her and really like Jimmy Stewart, of course!, but that goofy still TCM uses has turned me off. I shall now watch.

kaymartinez.bsky.social•13 days ago

Maybe, but a terrible actress.

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