Alex in Movieland

Best Actress 1980

Time has come for a new Best Actress year… The 30s and the 80s were the ones not discussed at all until now. And I picked the 80s, and from this decade: a year I had a moral obligation towards; because I had postponed it since forever and it deserved to be talked about [I also have the choice for the 1930s prepared ever since before switching countries. Since next spring, I’m reactivating the draws]

Obviously (from the title): 1980. Not glamorous, but quite different performances. I have seen 3 and 1/2 movies :) and I’m anxious to (re)discover them. There WILL be controversy. But no reason for much talking…

I give you the 5 ladies that Oscar had chosen for 1980:

from left to right, I have the pleasure to introduce:

• Goldie Hawn, in Private Benjamin
• Mary Tyler Moore, in Ordinary People
• Ellen Burstyn, in Resurrection
• Sissy Spacek, in Coal Miner's Daughter
• Gena Rowlands, in Gloria

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Sissy will be first (probably next week, I dunno) because she’s the winner. I am announcing now that I don’t judge singing when it comes to a movie; to me, it’s all about the emotion you display while lip-synching or actually singing. This doesn’t suggest that I like or dislike the performance (as I haven’t finished seeing it again yet), just that Grammy noms won’t affect my judging. We’ll see…