A truly intense sibling-rivalry thriller that's made more interesting because of the real-life rivalry between Davis & Crawford.
"I didn't bring your breakfast, because you didn't eat your din-din!" No actress has ever gotten me to hate a character so much and pity her at the same time. No one but Bette Davis. I mean my god that woman is a fascinating actress! To switch from spiteful madness to regression in a blink of an eye - a hateful countenance to child-like mischievousness flowing smoothly like a river of emotions in her grotesque face - is nothing short of brilliant. At some point she made me wish I could go inside the screen just so I can push her down the stairs, and yet in another scene, she had me bawling like a milk-deprived baby, just wanting to hug and comfort poor Baby Jane. She should have won the Oscars for Best Actress that year. Dammit, she should have!
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| This scene! ugh -_- |
Here's a short info about the movie. :)
"A former child star torments her crippled sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion."
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| Directed by: Robert Aldrich (Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte) Screenplay by: Lukas Heller Cinematography by: Ernest Haller (Rebel Without A Cause) Editing by: Michael Luciano Music by: Frank De Vol (Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte) Starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford Running Time: 133 mins Budget: a little over a million dollars Box Office: $9 million |
